… mind you, she does say Vlad's right about Republican at the top (9)

I believe the answer is:

caregiver

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'say vlad's right about republican at the top' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'mind you she' is the wordplay.
'mind' becomes 'care' (I've seen this before).
'you she' becomes 'giver' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'care'+'giver'='CAREGIVER'

'does' acts as a link.

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