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Podcast: Beyond Politics
Episode: The Past and Future Republican Scheme to Distract from the Trump Disaster
Description: Political scientist Dr. William Ewell and I just wrote an article for Newsweek breaking down the go-to Republican panic move every time they run into a rough patch politically. Â Pull a stunt on immigration, no matter the human cost. Â William joins me to run through the Groundhog Day history and likely future of their immigration ploy, and how it will probably be the ideal cover Republicans will look to in the unfolding Trump legal disaster.Â
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