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Not. Gonna. Happen.

by Josh Marshall
12.09.15 | 2:09 pm

Here’s why there’s really no way the GOP ‘establishment’ can stop Donald Trump.

And why won’t any of the presidential candidates who are at all competitive really distance themselves from Trump? Because two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters agree with Trump’s Muslim ban proposal.

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