Episode: Is Trump's GOP The Party Of The "Forgotten" American — Or Of The Super Rich?

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Is Trump's GOP The Party Of The "Forgotten" American — Or Of The Super Rich?

The rise of Donald Trump on the political stage is the culmination of a seemingly inconvenient electoral coupling: big money interests and a more extreme right-wing populace of blue collar voters. Does the GOP represent “forgotten” Americans? Or does it represent the superrich? Jacob Hacker and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.



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