Politics

Republicans Have Lost Touch With Blue America

'People Who Won’t Help Themselves'

The 15 percent of counties Clinton won account for 64 percent of our GDP. This is the America that invents, designs, and engineers; the one where there really is so much winning.

Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky 

Special Correspondent

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Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky

Special Correspondent

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