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Ep. 26: GOP Assesses Damage After Trump’s Lewd Comments

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By Adriel Bettelheim, Nathan Gonzales and Simone Pathé
Posted October 12, 2016 at 1:48pm

Republicans are polling to see if their House and Senate candidates have been tainted by Donald Trump’s crude comments about women captured on video, says CQ Roll Call’s Elections editor Nathan Gonzales. Senior political reporter Simone Pathé is watching the most vulnerable House Republicans and Missouri’s Sen. Roy Blunt, whose surprisingly competitive race is trending in the wrong direction for the GOP.

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