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Norman Lear: ‘Asshole’ Trump Is Nothing More Than a Giant ‘Middle Finger’

TAKE THAT

Three and a half decades into his work for the People for the American Way, legendary television creator Norman Lear talks U.S. politics in the age of Trump.

Matt Wilstein
Matt Wilstein 

Senior Editor

Norman Lear.
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Matt Wilstein

Matt Wilstein

Senior Editor

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