How Karl Rove Uses Polls to Sell the Trump-Donor Class a Concession
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Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Storylines
- 2026-midterm-elections
- Primary entities
- Karl Rove, Donald Trump, Wall Street Journal
- Themes
- midterms-2026, defcon-3
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- Truthfulness, human_life_and_dignity