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The race to lead MAGA and the Republican Party has begun
Marjorie Taylor Greene, J.D. Vance and Greg Abbott lead the pack. But Tucker Carlson could be a dark horse.
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(Clockwise from top left) House Representative from Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene, US Vice-President J.D. Vance, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and former Fox News talk show host Tucker Carlson.
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Cory Alpert
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A common refrain at Mr Donald Trump’s rallies in the last presidential race was his promise to release the Jeffrey Epstein files
Yet, contrary to fringe conspiracies like Pizzagate believed by many Trump supporters, the Epstein case was real. Concern about its victims and its surrounding power structures was something Mr Trump had exploited. By folding it into a broader narrative of a “deep state” that only he could purge, along with many other promises to restore America’s greatness, he won the White House.
