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by Josh Marshall
03.15.16 | 6:38 pm

Donald Trump has apparently decided it is not a good idea to pay the legal fees of violent extremists at his rallies who he encourages to beat protestors. And he’s told us this in the form of claiming he never said he wanted to in the first place.

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