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Paul Begala

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Paul Begala is a prominent American political consultant, strategist, and television personality, best known for his role as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been influential in shaping political discourse and strategy in the United States. Begala has also made a name for himself as a commentator on various news networks, where he provides insights on political issues and campaigns.

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Feb 21, 2017

They are withdrawing protection from the most vulnerable, among the most vulnerable people in the society.

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Feb 21, 2017

Immigrant population has a lower crime rate in the American born population. That's a tragic case. We want to punish that person. We want to drive them out.

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Feb 21, 2017

What Mr. Trump is doing, and what your comment does, is you scare tactics to incite fear and say that this animal -- is representative of that whole population.

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Feb 21, 2017

It never works. So there's one, it -- Congressman Barbara Comstock, in the Virginia district, very vulnerable.

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Feb 21, 2017

There are 23 House Republicans who hold districts that Hillary Clinton carried. The Democrats only need 24 to take over control of the House.

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Feb 20, 2017

That's heart breaking. That is monstrous. That's not the kind of America I think most people want.

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Feb 13, 2017

Their big fear now, I guarantee, is no longer what did the president know and when did he know it? That's bad enough. What will General Flynn do now?

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Feb 13, 2017

The White House has to get ahead of this. The problem is they haven't been forthcoming, and that's really hard to regain credibility when you've lost it in the first day of a scandal.

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Feb 13, 2017

He's only president, he's president in part because of leaks, because of a foreign intelligence agency hacking the Democratic Party.

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Feb 12, 2017

You cut him loose, Mr. President, you solve one problem right now. You know, Maggie Haberman gets off your back for a day.

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Feb 12, 2017

What does this say about the president? And if he fires General Flynn because Flynn has ties to the Russians and has been dishonest to the country? Wait a minute, what does that say about Donald Trump?

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