Benen: Modern GOP eschews policy, prioritizes preserving power
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Steve Benen, author of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics," talks with Rachel Maddow about how Democrats and Republicans speak past each other as Democrats try to govern through policy and Republicans focus their energy on ideological interests and growing and preserving their political power. June 23, 2021
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