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The president’s NFL crusade was still snowballing on October 9, with more Republicans and conservative media figures pulled into a fight Trump had helped turn into a loyalty test. Instead of moving on, the White House kept feeding a culture-war loop that made the party look obsessed with grievance and not especially interested in governing.
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The president’s NFL crusade was still snowballing on October 9, with more Republicans and conservative media figures pulled into a fight Trump had helped turn into a loyalty test. Instead of moving on, the White House kept feeding a culture-war loop that made the party look obsessed with grievance and not especially interested in governing.
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The president’s NFL crusade was still snowballing on October 9, with more Republicans and conservative media figures pulled into a fight Trump had helped turn into a loyalty test. Instead of moving on, the White House kept feeding a culture-war loop that made the party look obsessed with grievance and not especially interested in governing.
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