See persuadable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2022 June 9, Lawrence O'Donnell, 0:57 from the start, in 'He Didn't Make A Single Phone Call': Evidence Paints Picture Of Trump Inaction On Jan. 6, MSNBC:",
"text": "So when you're thinking about how does this affect the persuadables, which may be a small percentage of people out there, I think the most effective elements that we saw in this first hour for the persuadables were: William Barr and Ivanka Trump and that video of what really did happen in that attack on the Capitol, the viciousness of it, the violence of it, the planning of it, the relentlessness of it, and that, that is what Donald Trump refused to stop.",
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