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Even Steve Bannon Is (Finally) Renouncing the Unhinged Racist Running Against Paul Ryan

Cancer on the GOP

An appalling candidate gives the party a chance to draw a needed line in the sand.

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Angela Major

In 2016, a brash and boisterous businessman tried to upend the American political world or at least do so within Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. Paul Nehlen sought to oust Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in the GOP primary with the support of far-right conservatives like Sarah Palin.

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