One tolerates a Democrat president briefly meeting Republican (6)
I believe the answer is:
abider
'one tolerates a democrat' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'president briefly meeting republican' is the wordplay.
'president' becomes 'Abe' (Abraham (Abe) Lincoln).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'meeting' becomes 'ide' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'abe' with its last letter taken off is 'ab'.
'ab'+'ide'+'r'='ABIDER'
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