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6:31Now PlayingDonald Trump just endorsed an insane right-wing pastor, as the Republican candidate in a South Carolina congressional race, who ranted about Lindsey Graham being a traitor and his beliefs that traitors should face execution. John Iadarola and Abelina Sabrina break it down on The Damage Report.
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Why Trump’s endorsement of Mark Burns’ GOP candidacy matters
"In September 2016, shortly before Donald Trump was elected, the then-candidate spoke to Michael Cohen — at the time, his lawyer and fixer — about buying the silence of one of his former mistresses. A transcript of their conversation later emerged, and it showed a handful of references to someone named Mark Burns.
For much of the country, Burns’ name was, and is, probably unfamiliar, but in 2016, Team Trump saw him as a key political ally: As a prominent Christian televangelist in South Carolina, Burns positioned himself a leading cheerleader for the then-Republican nominee. Indeed, the Cohen recording suggested that Trump thought he could use the pastor for political cover if voters heard about the candidate’s sex scandals.
Nearly eight years later, Burns is running for Congress — and yesterday, he received the former president’s endorsement. Trump published this message to his social media platform yesterday:"
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