Harris says “too big to rig” and Trump jokes keep winning
The problem is not that Harris used the phrase. The problem is that the debate immediately turned into a joke about which side “owned” the wording.
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Harris says “too big to rig” and Trump jokes keep winning
The problem is not that Harris used the phrase. The problem is that the debate immediately turned into a joke about which side “owned” the wording.
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