President Donald Trump stops to speak to members of the media as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House on October 23 in Washington, DC.
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Trump doubles down on defense of controversial Ramaswamy ad and repeats attacks against El-Sayed

President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on his way to a Florida rally, defended an incendiary attack ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and repeated frequent GOP attacks on Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

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