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A whistleblower claims

A whistleblower claims that the Trump White House pushed him to downplay the Russian

attack on our electoral process.

What can we do about it?

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So Patty, I have to see this was shocking news to me,

you know, the last time that a whistleblower came forward

with this sort of explosive allegation about Trump,

it resulted in impeachment.

And this dominated the news for, I don't know, maybe eight hours.

And then there was some new outrage.

And I have to say, one thing that blows my mind is there's so many scandals and

outrageous that would sink any other president but we have gotten to a point now where I think everyone's just

throwing up their hands and they're shrugging and just hoping Trump's going to

lose because there's really not much it seems like we could do about any of this

stuff and that's kind of the demoralizing, you know, atmosphere

we've all been living through for the last four years. From the moment he announces candidacy,

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