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The peril of taking credit for a booming stock market

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Amy Walter and Tamara Keith join John Yang to discuss the week in politics.

As the stock market dropped sharply on Monday, President Trump was in Ohio to make his case for the Republican tax plan. How does the current economy affect politics? What are the dangers for taking credit? Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join John Yang to discuss the selling of the Republican tax plan, plus the pressure to release a Democratic House memo.

02/05/2018

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