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On the recordSeptember 19, 2020
Mitch McConnell's base is not all those wonderful people who vote for him, it's the financial people who are flooding his party with dark money.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala discusses the influence of financial backers on Mitch McConnell's political decisions.

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