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Why the GOP’s Recycled Midterms Strategy Won’t Work

by The editor•12 July 2025•Posted inReal Clear Politics

Hanging over all the audacious steps taken so far this year by Donald Trump and his Republican Party has been the fact that voters will get a chance to respond in 2026.

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