Scalise casts doubt on whether Trump would accept foreign dirt ‘in reality’

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House Minority Whip Steve Scalise cast doubt Thursday on whether President Trump would actually accept foreign dirt on a political rival ahead of the 2020 election.

“It was a hypothetical first of all. Would he do it in reality? I’ve been in many situations with him where how he responded to a hypothetical question was treated very differently when he actually had to deal with a specific problem,” the Louisiana Republican told reporters on Capitol Hill. “When the problem is on your desk, how you decide and deal with it then is how you’re judged.”

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