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Sohrab Ahmari: Trump's MAGA coalition takes back DC

Season 1, Ep. 116

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Sohrab Ahmari joins Emily with reporting from inside the arena during Donald Trump's inauguration. Ahmari reveals how Trump's biggest supporters reacted to his earliest moments of his second presidency.

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