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Jake Tapper Grills Roy Moore's Spokesman on the Bible Oath
from Matt Lauer of The Vatican · #75
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
6 minNews
They play and react to a CNN clip where Roy Moore's spokesman is destroyed by Jake Tapper over false claims that members of Congress must swear on a Christian Bible, with a tangent about John Brennan's oath choice.
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