CNN's Ana Navarro: Sheriff Arpaio pardon is Trump's appeal to the base while “slapping so many other Americans in the face”

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From the August 25 edition of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360:

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JOHN BERMAN (GUEST HOST): What do you make of the timing, again on a Friday night during a hurricane?

ANA NAVARRO: I think again, it's nothing but yet another bone that this president is throwing to the 34 percent. Another bone that he's throwing to his base while antagonizing so many other Americans, while slapping so many other Americans in the face, while leaving so many Americans feeling like they are not represented by Donald Trump.

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