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We Wouldn’t Have Let Obama Get Away With This

I worked for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee back when the GOP cared about keeping the president in check.
Source: Leah Millis / Reuters

President Donald Trump last Tuesday “in the ‘old days’ if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism.” The next day, he that Congress members “only want to continue the Witch Hunt, which I have already won.” In an interview with , “There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress where it’s very partisan—obviously very partisan … I don’t want people testifying to a party, because that is what they’re doing if they do

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