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380 w/ Robert Draper "Democracy is on the Ballot (Cause They Crazy)"

The Fifth Column

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Is the House Freedom Caucus Really a Do Nothing Crowd?

The House Freedom Caucus was the sort of extreme and performative outcome of the Tea Party. They were all about, you know, that deficits and lowering spending and obstructing government. Then came Trump and they were very suspicious of him and they talked to me openly about it. And for that reason, among others, things she hired Tom DeWays, former Chief of Staff to be her Chief of Staff.

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