Trump hedges bet against 2020 win with early census data grab
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Rachel Maddow explains that Donald Trump is only too happy to cut the census count short because it means not only undercounting the kind of people he'd rather overlook, but it means he'll retain control over how those numbers are presented to Congress, rather than risk leaving it to Joe Biden should Trump lose the 2020 election.Aug. 5, 2020
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