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"Ret Conning" Trumpism

Plus: Georgia's original sin

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Charlie Sykes
March 29, 2021∙ Paid
Deborah Birx walks by a Covid-19 cases graph during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020 (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

A reader points out that hipster pundits (including in places like the Bulwark) have taken to using the phrase “ret con” with…

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