MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show September 5, 2019 04:09:00
To lie about that. stating instead that the federal government was making this declaration of an emergency in north carolina at theequest of, not the democratic governor there, but instead at the request of one of the state's republican u.s. senators who happens to be up for reelection next year. the white house saying that that republican senator is the one who requested the emergency declaration from the federal government, and so that's why it was granted. i mean, i guess they're hoping that lie will help that republican senator back home in north carolina that will help him get reelected. ...
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