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Former VP Mike Pence blames Trump, tariffs, for Dem’s midterm ‘blue wave’

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is blaming President Donald Trump’s economic policies, foreign policy and the “perception of self-dealing and corruption” to blame for the nationwide success of Democrats in the midterm elections, saying the Republican Party has “lost our…

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