PAUL BEGALA: Mrs. Obama is a unifying figure and she is seen as deeply patriotic.

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BEGALA: She has focused on things we all agree on, that we all care about, especially those military families. And so when she stands up and says, “I trust her, this person who is polarizing, and partisan and a politician, she says ”I trust her with my children," this just is really powerful.



JEFFREY LORD: But, you know, Pat Smith trusted her son to Mrs. Clinton's care, Secretary Clinton's care in Benghazi, and she didn't take care of him.

BEGALA: I don't -- that's a cheap shot.

LORD: No.

BEGALA: How many embassies and consulates were attacked when Bush was president?

LORD: I don't know the answer. Do you?

BEGALA: 20. 66 people were killed. How many congressional investigations? Zero. How many front page stories? Zero. This is exactly the kind of thing makes me crazy. This was a terrible tragedy --

LORD: But Paul --

BEGALA: It's been investigated. She was cleared even by the partisan super PAC of the Republican House of Representatives, and even they cleared her.

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Previously:



NBC’s Richard Engel: RNC Manipulated Grief Of Benghazi Victim's Mother To Smear Clinton



The Benghazi Hoax Has Its Own Night At The GOP Convention



Fox's Shepard Smith: Benghazi Committee Took 2 Years And Spent $7 Million But Found “No New Evidence”