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Trump Trolls His Base With Kavanaugh Pick for Supreme Court
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Conservatives wanted Amy Coney Barrett. Going with Brett Kavanaugh instead may fail to gin up base excitement—or to appease critics.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
Jul. 9 2018
9:36PM EDT
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