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Oct 2024
10m 31s

US election extra: rage and racist bile ...

The Guardian
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Ed Pilkington was at Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night where the former president and a cabal of campaign surrogates pumped out a six-hour blast of racism and rage. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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