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The GOP Death Cult Comes for Your Parents
THE EXPENDABLES
It’s not just the MAGA crew. Americans have long been sacrificing their elders at the altar of expedience, until the virus made that exchange too obvious to keep ignoring.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
May 12 2020
3:29AM EDT
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