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Brooks and Capehart on the ouster of George Santos

Season 2023 Episode 346 | 11m 07s

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including George Santos getting ousted from the House, the GOP presidential primary race heating up with Nikki Haley rising in the polls and the debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom.

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