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CARL HULSE: Behind Johnson’s Rise, a GOP Consumed by the Far Right
Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023 -- After their party was decimated in the 2008 elections, mainstream Republican leaders believed they could harness rising far-right populist forces. Instead, they were overrun by them.
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