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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: White House Defends Kelly’s Defense

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Chief of Staff John Kelly after his remarks criticizing Representative Frederica Wilson.
Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

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President Trump to pass the “biggest” tax cut in American history the day after the Senate passed a $4 trillion budget paving the way for tax reform. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chief of Staff John Kelly after his remarks criticizing Representative Frederica Wilson, who said Trump had disrespected a Gold Star family during a condolence call. “I think that if you want to get into a debate with a four-star Marine general, I think that's something highly inappropriate,” Sanders with attempted murder after police said one of them shot at protesters after a speech by Richard Spencer, the leader of the so-called alt-right movement, in Florida on Thursday. that the attack in Niger that killed four U.S. servicemen was partly due to a “massive intelligence failure.”

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