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Mitch McConnell steps down, Donald Trump wins again

Mitch McConnell steps down, Donald Trump wins again

Politics Weekly America vor 2 Jahren

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the former Republican strategist and legendary political operative Mike Murphy about the state of the party he once served

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Sometimes there are weeks when the news just keeps on coming. This
week, the longest-serving US senator, Mitch McConnell, announced he
would step down, the US supreme court agreed to take up the claim
that Donald Trump has absolute immunity from prosecution in the
criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election
results, Congress avoided another government shutdown and Donald
Trump continued his winning streak in the Michigan primary. In some
ways, the Republican party is the exact same one we saw get behind
Trump in 2016 and then again in 2020, but there are many out there
who see major events such as these as proof that it has changed –
irreversibly. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the former
Republican strategist and legendary political operative Mike Murphy
about the state of the party he once served