A senior adviser to President Trump
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The adviser, Justin Clark, in audio obtained by The Associated Press, says the campaign will work aggressively to defend Republican voters.
“Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in places,” Clark said, according to the AP. “Let’s start protecting our voters. We know where they are," he continued, adding "Let’s start playing offense a little bit. That’s what you’re going to see in 2020. It’s going to be a much bigger program, a much more aggressive program, a much better-funded program.”
The Hill has not heard audio of Clark's remarks, and the context of his comments about Republicans suppressing votes was not entirely clear.
Clark told the AP in a later interview that he was not saying that the GOP had traditionally suppressed votes, but was referring to accusations he saw as unfair that Republicans had done so.
“As should be clear from the context of my remarks, my point was that Republicans historically have been falsely accused of voter suppression and that it is time we stood up to defend our own voters,” Clark told the outlet.
“Neither I nor anyone I know or work with would condone anyone’s vote being threatened or diluted and our efforts will be focused on preventing just that.”
The Trump campaign called the AP's story a "false representation" of what Clark said.
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