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Jan 2024
17m 20s

One Thing: Meet the Iowans Who Could Swi...

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Iowa Republicans will gather this week to pick a nominee for president in the first party event of the 2024 primary. While former president Donald Trump holds a large lead in the polls, undecided voters have been weighing whether his multiple criminal indictments and efforts to overturn the last election mean it’s time to move on. In this episode, we hear fr ... Show More
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