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Now, on to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.

So based on how the Republican primary is going, it really looks like the Republican Party is all in on running a criminal

rapist with 91 felony charges as their candidate and as horrifying as that is

and as disappointing as it feels to be an American knowing that the the way our system is set up, even with such

an unsuitable candidate, this party could still win the highest office in the land.

There's actually no rule that says a president can't be president from prison.

Except we all know that if Donald Trump becomes president again,

he won't be in prison. In fact, it would be the end of our rule of law as we know it.

We'll move into a future where some people will be above the law and it just

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