Alex Thompson: A newly unified GOP

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Jul 18, 202420:03News & Politics

Based on this week's Republican National Convention, the assassination attempt on former President Trump seems to have unified the GOP. Alex Thompson is national political correspondent for Axios, and he says while conve...

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