“I think that's actually something that could hurt Trump in South Carolina and beyond if people start to see that he's not -- he says he's for the little guy, but he's actually built a lot of his businesses on the backs of the little guy and he's a lot of little guys through eminent domain, or through not paying contractors after you’ve built something. The little guys have suffered.”

— Kellyanne Conway

CNN, CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello, 2/10/16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3-imE2cDd0

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