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If [Donald] Trump throws 20 million off of health care, that's going to be - if he handles this badly - and it's very hard to handle it right, then that's a - a huge advantage in the mid-terms for us.
Van Jones
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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
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