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Why the Democrats routed the Republicans in the US midterm elections

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France 24Why the Democrats routed the Republicans in the US midterm elections
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US voters on Tuesday handed the Democratic Party control over Congress in a biting rebuke to President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. Polls suggest that rising anger about the cost-of-living crisis partly set off by the president’s decision to launch…

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