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The GOP Prepares to Make America Great Again — Again

By: Branko Marcetic

We went to the Republican National Convention to better understand the strangest mainstream party in the world.

A roar floated up from the crowd. There he was, on the jumbotron: Donald Trump, emerging from some chamber in the arena like Bill Goldberg getting ready for a fight, the camera tracking his path through the hallway and out into the stadium as Lee Greenwood belted out “God Bless the USA” — just one of what […]

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A roar floated up from the crowd. There he was, on the jumbotron: Donald Trump, emerging from some chamber in the arena like Bill Goldberg getting ready for a fight, the camera tracking his path through the hallway and out into the stadium as Lee Greenwood belted out “God Bless the USA” — just one of what […]

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A roar floated up from the crowd. There he was, on the jumbotron: Donald Trump, emerging from some chamber in the arena like Bill Goldberg getting ready for a fight, the camera tracking his path through the hallway and out into the stadium as Lee Greenwood belted out “God Bless the USA” — just one of what […]

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A roar floated up from the crowd. There he was, on the jumbotron: Donald Trump, emerging from some chamber in the arena like Bill Goldberg getting ready for a fight, the camera tracking his path through the hallway and out into the stadium as Lee Greenwood belted out “God Bless the USA” — just one of what […]

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