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On the recordJanuary 5, 2023
If this remains the face of the GOP in 2024, we will get pummeled in the presidential and congressional elections. We would have won more seats in 2022, but too many feared the extremes in the GOP, even before this.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod expresses concern about the future of the GOP if it continues to be represented by its current leadership.

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