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Democrats are reaching DEFCON 1 levels of alarm about President Donald Trump’s efforts to influence the coming election.
“All the signals are flashing red,” wrote Democratic strategist and CNN political analyst David Axelrod in a post on X.
“On the square, the @GOP would take a beating this fall, largely because of Trump’s unpopularity,” Axelrod said, “So he’s setting up Plan B–do whatever you
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