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Smerconish: ‘Trump reverted to the mean’

By Jorge Mitssunaga, CNN

Updated 4:49 PM EDT, Sat August 17, 2024

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Smerconish: 'Trump reverted to the mean'

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Former President Trump is reverting back to personal attacks now that Vice-President Harris rose to the top of the Democratic ticket. Michael Smerconish questions whether Harris' success derives from Trump's inability to stay on message or is the media giving her a free pass?

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