Trump campaign denies push to soften Russia language in GOP platform

GOP presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald TrumpFormer reporter who accused Bill Clinton of groping her will attend debate: report The Trail 2016: The grand finale Poll: Clinton leads by 15 points in NH MORE’s campaign manager denied on Sunday that the campaign was responsible for blocking Republican platform amendments that would have called for an aggressive stance against Russia.

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During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press," Paul Manafort was asked if he had any involvement in softening anti-Russian language during a platform committee meeting.

“I had none. In fact, I didn't even hear of it until after our convention was over,” Manafort said.

He added that “no one” from the campaign pushed for the language to be blocked.