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Tom Barrett: “I think everybody thinks every politician is making decisions through a lens of what’s going to get them elected.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2026
I think everybody thinks every politician is making decisions through a lens of what’s going to get them elected.

Editor's note · Context

Addressing perceptions of political motivations.

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