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Jimmy Carter on the Supreme Court, NRA and 2020 election

Season 2018 Episode 109 | 6m 56s

Former President Jimmy Carter says the power wielded by people who give a lot of money to political candidates has resulted in a “vast disparity in income in America” and that that has “resulted in polarization more than any other single factor.” In the second part of a wide-ranging interview, Carter talks with Judy Woodruff about how his own faith, the NRA and allegations against the president.

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