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Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update

Obama Called Trump a Fascist In Call with Senator

January 25, 2020 · 7:49 pm ET · Leave a Comment

President Barack Obama called Donald Trump a “fascist” in a phone conversation with Sen. Tim Kaine during the 2016 presidential election, Kaine says in a video clip featured in an upcoming documentary about Hillary Clinton, NBC News reports.

Said Kaine: “President Obama called me last night and said: ‘Tim, remember, this is no time to be a purist. You’ve got to keep a fascist out of the White House.'”

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