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Brett Kavanaugh - Unlocked Premium Episode

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Trump's Presidency: A Surreal Moment

This was a horrific hearing in a lot of ways and I don't want to make like too light of it. But this did give rise to one of my favorite moments on Twitter, which was when Ed Whelan found Brett Kavanaugh's classmate from high school using Zillow maps. His approach mimicked Trump's style of like never retreating, right? Never admitting you're wrong. It also mimics the Republican electoral strategy. You don't try to win over your enemies. You just energize your allies. He didn't plan this, I don't think. Conservatives reacted well to it because he reacted the way that they would,. Right? That is what I take away from that

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