Trump: Palin a ‘free agent’ in the campaign

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Donald Trump said Monday that Sarah Palin is a “free agent” in his campaign, just a day after Palin said she’d work to unseat Speaker Paul Ryan from Congress.

“I have nothing to do with that,” Trump said when asked about Palin’s comments. “Sarah’s very much a free agent. She’s a terrific person, but she’s very much a free agent that — I didn’t know about this until yesterday. I guess she’s been fighting or she’s endorsing somebody that’s running against Paul Ryan. I didn’t know about it until yesterday when I read about it.”

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