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Raphael Warnock: “There’s a deep kind of despair that sets in, and sometimes cynicism like gangrene and the body politic, and I think that…”

On the recordMay 27, 2026
There’s a deep kind of despair that sets in, and sometimes cynicism like gangrene and the body politic, and I think that that sets the context for somebody like Donald Trump to emerge, not once but twice.
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Raphael Warnock
Democratic · Georgia

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On the despair in the country

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