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S1:E18 Closing the Gap

Original Air Date: Sep 11, 2016

With ten weeks to go until the election the Trump campaign finds itself running from behind. As members of his party start to publicly jump ship, can Trump find a way to close the gap with Clinton or will he just fall further behind?
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John Heilemann
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Mark McKinnon
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