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Matthew Yglesias
May 16, 2023
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On some level, I don’t think there’s a ton you can really say about the Donald Trump town hall that CNN staged last week.

Conducting high-profile interviews with major presidential candidates is clearly a legitimate undertaking for television networks. Stocking the room with GOP primary voters turned it into a WrestleMania-style affair that made Trump l…

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