'Effing Rough'

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Sep 28, 202643:21News & Politics

The headline above is how one Trump adviser is describing the midterms to CNN. That blunt assessment comes as President Trump finally hits back at Florida Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, a vulnerable Republican who m...

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