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Republicans Embrace New Talking Point: Trump Wasn’t ‘Serious’ About China Investigating Bidens
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On the Sunday talk shows, several of the president’s biggest boosters took up a new line of defense: Trump was just kidding.
Justin Baragona
Senior Media Reporter
Published
Oct. 6 2019
12:42PM EDT
Justin Baragona
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