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Narrowing down the most baffling claim Trump made today is tricky, but his assertion that you can't smuggle drugs or people through ports of entry is definitely up there. wapo.st/2GKWtTl
I just skimmed the CBP's press releases for any that included the word "hidden" and, since Trump's speech, found these examples of smuggled drugs. wapo.st/2GKWtTl
TRUMP: You can't smuggle people at border checkpoints.
THIS GUY:
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Philip Bump
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Fox News is the preferred news outlet for most Republicans. So which 2020 candidates are they talking about the most? wapo.st/2BLhqtR
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Philip Bump
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In McCabe's book he says that, during his first meeting with Trump after Comey was fired, Trump floated a name as a possible Comey replacement: Joe Lieberman.

Maybe this has been known but ... I didn't remember it.
Um, sorry @AshleyRParker!
McCabe describes briefing Congress: "Now that the Gang of Eight was a crowd of two dozen in the room, I thought, the chance of this getting back to the president was basically zero. Then Devin Nunes walked in, and the chance was less than zero."
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How's Trump going to win in 2020 if he remains broadly unable to convince independents that he's making the right decisions? wapo.st/2EkeW7H
How the distribution of Trump's approval by party compares with Obama's up until the 2012 election. The difference in those gray and black sections is a problem for the president. wapo.st/2EkeW7H
This is a good question.

The answer is that most independents generally vote with one party or the other but there is a small but existent group (10% of voters IIRC) that is more flexible.
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