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The Grand Ole Opry is calling on country music fans to help protect the future of AM radio and WSM by supporting the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.
The iconic Nashville establishment is encouraging listeners to contact Congress in support of the bipartisan legislation, which would require all new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. to include AM radio as standard equipment.
For more than a century, 650 AM WSM and the Grand Ole Opry have gone hand in hand, helping introduce sounds of country music, bluegrass and Americana music to audiences around the world while also sharing updates and exciting moments of Music City. Now, with some automakers removing AM radio from newer vehicles the Opry is warning that it’s more important than ever to ensure the technology remains accessible in every vehicle across the U.S.
“Today, AM radio remains a vital source of news, weather, emergency alerts, and local programming for millions of Americans. As automakers continue transitioning to new vehicle technologies, Congress is considering the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act to help ensure AM radio remains available in every car,” the Opry shared in a new statement.
According to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) AM radio continues to reach tens of millions of listeners each week, serving as a trusted source for local and national news, sports, weather, entertainment and religious programming. It’s also a vital resource for rural and agricultural communities, as it provides farmers and ranchers with important weather updates, crop reports and more.
AM radio also plays a critical role in public safety. Dubbed “the backbone of the nation’s Emergency Alert System,” it has the ability to continue delivering important information during severe weather and other emergencies, especially when power outages or cell service outages leave other forms of communication unavailable.
Despite the fact that AM radio has proved to be incredibly important all around the world, some automakers have already removed AM radio from electric vehicles, while others have indicated they may eliminate it from new models of gas-powered vehicles one day as well.
The bill was introduced on January 29, 2025 by Sens. Ted Cruz (TX) and Ed Markey (MA), along with 41 cosponsors. On February 5, 2025, the Senate Commerce Committee advanced S. 315 via voice vote. More than 60 Senators currently cosponsor S. 315.
If passed, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a rule making AM radio a standard feature in all new passenger vehicles manufactured, imported or sold in the United States. The legislation also aims to ensure drivers can easily access AM radio in their vehicles.
Until that rule takes effect, automakers that choose not to include AM radio would be required to disclose that information to consumers before purchase. They also would not be allowed to charge an additional fee for drivers to access AM radio, according to NAB.
So far, over 125 organizations, including the National Emergency Management Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, AARP, Native Public Media, SAG-AFTRA and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, have also chose to support the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.
The Grand Ole Opry is encouraging anyone who values the future of AM radio and WSM to speak up by texting “AM” to 39179. Doing so will send a message to Congress showing the growing support for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.
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Black Eyed Peas are encouraging their fans to connect and share a positive message in a whole new way. Earlier this week, the group launched a “Where Is The Love?” microsite, named for their 2003 smash hit of the same name. On the site, fans can connect with other fans from all over the globe and engage with their content. Fans can make their own videos by using the official “Where Is The Love?” sound on TikTok and Instagram and by using the #wheresthelove tag. Once uploaded, fan videos are highlighted with location pins on an interactive globe, capturing the worldwide spread of the Black Eyed Peas’ message.
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In the more than 20 years since its release, “Where Is The Love?” has proved to be one of the Black Eyed Peas’ most enduring cuts. However, when the group went about writing and recording it, they didn’t intend to make a hit but to find a way to deal with “the stress, the anxiety and the pain of 9/11” and the tour that they had to continue in the aftermath. In creating the beat, Will.i.am said he was inspired by a human heart beat. “We were trying to articulate the emotion of that tour, and every single person that we came across with that tour,” Will.i.am later recalled in a 2018 interview with The Telegraph. “If there was a sonic occasion to our friendship, it would be that song.”
Upon release, “Where Is The Love?” was a success for the Black Eyed Peas, charting at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping charts in countries around the world, including in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The track also became the Peas’ first to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year—a feat they would later repeat in 2010 with “I Gotta Feeling”—and earned another nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
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ATLANTA STADIUM — The body wasn’t even cold when the inquest began. How could England lose after leading Argentina with just minutes to play in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal? Why did Thomas Tuchel’s team stop attacking the moment Anthony Gordon put the Three Lions ahead with 35 minutes of regular time remaining? What kind of mental block keeps preventing England from winning a major international trophy, a streak that will now extend to at least 62 years? There is a simple answer to all of these questions: England just isn’t good enough. The country that invented soccer is good at it, sure. Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane are legit superstars, guys capable of starting for any team on the planet. But compared to elite national teams like France, Spain and, of course, the Lionel Messi-led Albiceleste — which will face the Spaniards in Sunday’s World Cup final in a battle between FIFA’s two top-ranked men’s squads — England’s team overall is a second-class citizen on a global level and has been for at least half a century. The record of futility isn’t some fluke. Blame Tuchel for this particular failure all you want. The English media have been calling for the German’s head since the final whistle sounded on yet another disappointing World Cup exit for the Three Lions, slamming what they viewed as his overly defensive second half tactics. It’s almost as if they have forgotten that their opponent on the other side of the ball was the reigning world champion, boasting the best player ever, and that Argentina has done more winning in the past four years alone than England has in its entire history. Far better teams than England have been unable to stop Messi from imposing his will on the outcome over the last two decades. It’s not like England didn’t want to score again. “When we went ahead, the messaging was to go again and get another goal,” a devastated Kane said before leaving the field on Wednesday. For the life of them, they just couldn’t do it. Because it’s impossible to score when you can’t keep possession of the ball. And that’s what still separates England from the game’s true elites. For all of England’s fight and physicality and pedigree, the three other semifinalists at this World Cup are all just far superior technically with the ball at their feet. Say what you want about Tuchel’s choice of substitutions, but it’s not like he had someone on his bench with the Velcro touch of someone like La Roja’s Rodri, who is damn near impossible to dispossess without fouling. Tiny margins determine winners and losers at this stage of any major competition. When Spain took the lead over France in Tuesday’s other semifinal, that match was effectively over. Including stoppage time, Les Bleus were behind on the scoreboard for more than 70 minutes of that contest, and yet, Spain still had the ball for the majority of the time. England, in contrast, had just 36 percent of possession against Argentina in a game that was deadlocked for more than an hour. Meantime, La Albiceleste passed the ball around with ease even inside their own box, using keeper Emiliano Martínez as an outlet even when the English were pressing with abandon. “In the culture, basically, of the Argentinian team — of South American teams — ball possession plays a crucial role,” Tuchel said during Wednesday’s post-game press conference. “Ball possession, taught from a young age. It’s in their DNA, and it demands a lot of natural self-confidence to always want the ball, to always be in the gaps, to always define yourself through the ball possession.” “That’s then a crucial thing,” he continued, “to show the courage to take the ball away from these teams in the crucial moments when you’re under pressure. You need to get every little decision right. You need to get the angle, the body positions right. You need to get your decision-making right in little two-against-ones, three-against-twos, to really overcome the first line of pressure, to not be intimidated, to not be physically bullied. Because Argentina has in their culture this mix between being very physical and also strong on the ball.” England only has the first part of that formula. Unless or until its culture catches up, the World Cup or European Championship trophy is never, ever “coming home.” Soccer, at its core, rewards the team that takes better care of the rock. That’s how a tiny country like Croatia, with a population of fewer than four million people — about the size of greater Minneapolis — has reached as many World Cup semifinals since gaining its independence in 1991 as England, with almost 60 million inhabitants, has over the same period. It’s why England was unable to beat Belgium, a nation four times smaller, in the third-place game in 2018. It’s why the Three Lions will be the clear underdog against France on Saturday in Miami in this World Cup’s bronze-medal match. Player for player, man for man, England still lags behind the very best when it comes to the most basic skill there is. And until it admits that, things will never change. In the lead up to the 2022 World Cup, I nearly fell out of my chair when an English journalist I won’t name wrote that “England’s young players are the envy of the world,” as if France and Spain aren’t producing higher-quality talent on an industrial scale every year. Maybe the whole country needs to get out more. Because while the import-dominated Premier League is the best domestic circuit by a landslide, while the place the sport occupies in mainstream culture in Britain is second to none, while the Three Lions are good — maybe even very good — they’ve consistently proven an inability to hold a candle to any of the perennial title contenders. And that’s why England is going home without the trophy once again.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
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Two months ago, Jelly Roll filed to divorce Bunnie Xo.
Officially, they have both declared it to be an amicable divorce.
Bunnie is encouraging women to bone her ex. She herself has been seen kissing other men herself, just for funsies.
Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is calling BS on the sweetness-and-light routine.
‘She’s still protecting him’
On this week’s episode of her Plan Bri Uncut podcast, which is not as sexual as the title might imply, Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia called out Bunnie’s public declarations that women should slide into her ex’s DMs.
“She doesn’t mean that,” LaPaglai declared. “She’s still under the mind control of” her ex, whose real name is Jason DeFord.
“And this is why I know that she doesn’t mean that because all of her closest friends are reposting — like her girls that you always see her with — They’re reposting the most asinine, crazy, insulting videos” about her ex.
“And,” LaPaglia continued, “how he’s the worst person and how people only like him because of Bunnie.”
LaPaglia speculated: “Bunnie is just doing the thing where she’s still protecting him. I went through that at a point too, where it’s like you’re not fully stepped out of the situation yet.”
“She just still wants to protect him,” LaPaglia said of Bunnie.
“She’s going to step out of this a year from now and be like, ‘Holy f–king s–t, Jelly Belly f–king lost weight, and the second he drops weight, take it for what it actually is,’” she predicted.
According to LaPaglia, when DeFord lost a massive amount of weight, he made up for it with “his ego” and is now looking for someone new.
“He thought that he can do better,” she speculated.
“He can date someone younger,” LaPaglia pointed out. Many, many men with wealth and fame look for a “newer model” of wife after a while.
“He’s going to go for a tradwife,” LaPaglia grimly prognosticated. “One hundred percent gonna go for a tradwife.”
‘You dropped the weight on your belly and now you dropped the weight of Bunnie’
The tradwife plans are a pretty serious allegation. This is a demeaning, arguably subhuman gender role that is sometimes romanticized by dishonest folks on apps aimed at teens.
There are sinister cultural forces at work that hope that some women will play into what’s essentially a sexual fetish, depriving themselves of their own resources and work opportunities until their husbands almost inevitably dump them for a new, younger tradwife.
Speaking of sinister cultural forces, LaPaglia also alleged that DeFord has a bigoted motive behind the divorce.
Bunnie worked as a sex worker years ago. LaPaglia suspects that anti-sex work bias, perhaps in tandem with DeFord’s renewed interest in Christianity.
“Hey buddy, you were the one that got with an escort,” LaPaglia said. “She was an escort. She’s talked about it.”
“You were a drug addict and you were going to prison and in and out of jail,” LaPaglia continued, as if speaking to DeFord.
“Now your morals don’t align with it because you’re f–king skinny?” she exclaimed.
“You dropped the weight on your belly and now you dropped the weight of Bunnie, who, I think was the only like redeeming and beautiful quality about Jelly Roll,” LaPaglia characterized.
That is harsh. It is also how many people feel — including, it seems, some of Bunnie’s closest friends.
Is LaPaglia right about DeFord feeling that he can “upgrade” to a new wife now that he’s wildly successful and wildly smaller, that he wants a tradwife with no ideas or input of her own?
Gosh, we hope not. A spouse should be a partner, not a servant. Keep kink play in the bedroom.
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As fans count down to the release of Ashley Cooke‘s self-titled sophomore album, the country star is giving them another reason to get excited.
Earlier this week, Cooke officially unveiled the 15-song track list for ashley cooke, which arrives August 14 via Big Loud Records/Back Blocks Music.
Rather than simply posting the songs in a graphic, Cooke revealed the track list in a creative way by showcasing the back of a denim jacket covered in custom patches. Each patch represented a song from the album, while additional embroidered details offered subtle nods to the project. Hidden throughout the jacket are gold stars, a glass of wine, silhouettes of California and Florida, a hotel key tag, an acoustic guitar, a journal and pen, the Gemini zodiac symbol, and other references tied to the album.
The project features Cooke’s current country radio single, “baby blues,” which debuted at country radio on June 22 and was among the format’s most-added songs during its first week, earning 70 station adds on Mediabase. Fans will also recognize previously released tracks including “the hell you are,” “high horse,” and “xs.”
Cooke co-wrote every song on the album alongside some of Nashville’s most celebrated writers, including Liz Rose, Lori McKenna, Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey, and GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter JP Saxe.
Ahead of the album’s release, Cooke sat down with Country Now and admitted she’s “so proud” of the finished project, explaining that it represents her more authentically than anything she’s released before.
“It’s a long time coming. I’ve been working on it for a minute now and it feels like the most me that a project has been so far. I’m just really excited for it,” she shared.
Cooke also reunited with award-winning producer Dann Huff for the project and said the music was inspired by a “coastal country” sound that reflects her upbringing and personality.
“I’m from California, Florida. I’m kind of like a beach girl at heart. And so a lot of the music that I’m creating and even for the next project after this one, it’s all going to kind of have that coastal feel to it just because it’s where I’m from, it’s who I am. But there’s also a lot of traditional country feeling lyric and storytelling in the project too,” she pointed out. “So it has a good bit of everything, but that’s why I wanted to name this Ashley Cooke just like a self-titled record because it just feels like the most me.”
Ashley Cooke’s sophomore album arrives August 14 via Big Loud Records/Back Blocks Music.
Track List for ashley cooke:
- “if i’m being honest” (Ashley Cooke, Johnny Clawson, Kyle Sturrock) ^
- “high school sweetheart” (Ashley Cooke, Boy Matthews, Cleo Tighe, Lauren Hungate, AFTERHRS) *
- “baby blues” (Ashley Cooke, Johnny Clawson, Joe Fox, Kyle Sturrock, Seth Ennis) *
- “famous to frances” (Ashley Cooke, Johnny Clawson, Kyle Sturrock) *
- “johnny ‘n june” (Ashley Cooke, Lauren Hungate, Emily Weisband, Will Weatherly) *
- “excuses” (Ashley Cooke, Johnny Clawson, Kyle Sturrock) *
- “dance around it” (Ashley Cooke, Jacob Durrett, Trevor Rosen, Emily Weisband) #
- “sleepless in seattle” (Ashley Cooke, Lauren Hungate, Matt Roy, Johnny Clawson) *
- “man behind the glass (feat. JP Saxe)” (Ashley Cooke, JP Saxe, Emily Weisband, Scott Krueger) + ♡
- “i’m up and i’m down” (Ashley Cooke, Jordan Minton, Jordan Reynolds, Mark Trussell) *
- “the hell you are” (Ashley Cooke, Chase McGill, Emily Weisband, Seth Ennis, Joe Fox) *
- “between the lines” (Ashley Cooke, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose) *
- “xs” (Ashley Cooke, Ashley Gorley, Emily Weisband, Will Weatherly) *
- “when we’re 30” (Ashley Cooke, Will Weatherly, Kyle Sturrock) *
- “the girl who cried wolf” (Ashley Cooke, Emily Weisband, Lauren Hungate, Joe Fox) ~ ♡
Produced by Dann Huff *
Produced by Will Weatherly ^
Produced by Jacob Durrett #
Produced by Joe Fox ~
Produced by Spacecamp +
Produced by Ashley Cooke ♡
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A self-funding businessman is seizing on messy scandals to try and topple President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate for a deep-red House seat.
Republican Daniel Keenan is making a hard run at former Sheriff Mark Lamb in Arizona’s 5th District, pouring over $1.6 million of his own cash into the effort and raising questions about Lamb’s fitness for office following a string of sex scandals. The race will test whether GOP voters care more about the allegations — or whether Trump’s support is enough to get him across the finish line.
A multi-part Arizona Republic investigation found that Lamb allegedly engaged in a yearslong pattern of sending sexual images and instigating intimate encounters between him, his wife and others. One woman involved, Jillian Stannard, alleged Lamb encouraged her husband to have sex with other women, including Lamb’s wife. She also alleged that Lamb threatened her, saying there would be consequences, when Stannard raised concerns to leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which both Lamb and Stannard were members. Screenshots the Republic obtained of messages with another woman, Tammy Peacock, suggest Lamb — then a sitting county sheriff — threatened to leverage Arizona’s revenge porn law against her. In a statement, Lamb spokesperson Ed Morabito said “these allegations are false and come from long-discredited political opponents.”
Reached for comment on Wednesday, Stannard said her allegations reported by the Republic are “accurate and true.” Peacock passed away in 2021.
“A guy that goes around and says, ‘God, family freedom,’ is sending pictures of himself and nude pictures of his wife, encouraging his friends and his employees to have sexual relations with his wife,’” Keenan said in an interview this week of the allegations, repeating similar attacks he’s made in campaign advertising. “That’s not ‘God, family freedom.’ That shows you’re morally broke.”
Morabito, the Lamb spokesperson, noted the candidate has Trump’s endorsement and is “confident Republican voters will stand with him.”
“[Keenan] is spending millions attacking a Republican and not a dime attacking Democrats. His name ID is less than 30 percent and he is not a serious factor in this race,” Morabito said in a statement.
Janel Lamb, Mark Lamb’s wife, said in a May Facebook post that “a massive smear campaign is certainly not going to stop us from doing what we know is right.”
The race’s outcome will reveal the power of Trump’s endorsement in a deep-red Phoenix-area district. Already this year, GOP primary voters have been willing to accept scandal-ridden candidates favored by Trump. In Texas, Republican primary voters nominated scandal-plagued Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn.
“I’ve never seen in Republican politics in my life a stronger endorsement than Trump’s,” said former Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.), who represented the 5th District. “And I think that the rank-and-file within the Republican party would rather do anything than cross Trump.”
Keenan has put more than $1.6 million of his own money into his campaign and is using that to make sure voters know all about the reporting. His campaign has spent more than $1.8 million on TV advertising listing the allegations in the Republic, is also hosting numerous town halls a week and has put significant cash into mail advertising as well. Meanwhile, Lamb’s campaign hasn’t put a penny onto the airwaves, according to the tracking service AdImpact.
Lamb has also faced scrutiny for spending much of his time on a ranch in Tennessee and not in the district he is seeking to represent. And Keenan is hitting him over another top issue for Arizona Republicans: Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
“[Lamb] betrayed our president after the 2020 election,” Keenan told POLITICO. “However he feels about election fraud, he testified for Democrats saying there was no fraud and that President Trump lost the election. I think all of that is disqualifying to represent this district.”
There is some evidence that the pitch to voters is landing. An internal poll from Keenan’s campaign obtained by POLITICO shows Keenan leading Lamb 42 percent to 40 percent, narrowly within the poll’s margin of error. The campaign’s earlier polling from late June had shown Lamb leading 43 percent to 35 percent.
Keenan said he has been in touch with the White House about his bid and made the case that he has always been a steadfast supporter of Trump. He also said Georgia businessman Rick Jackson’s recent gubernatorial primary win without Trump’s endorsement shows he can win without the president’s nod — even if it’s hard.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Still, Lamb’s allies are taking notice of Keenan’s rise. The Washington-based Club For Growth poured $250,000 into pro-Lamb advertising in recent weeks, which Keenan says is a sign of Lamb’s vulnerability: “There’d be no reason for them to do that if he wasn’t in trouble,” Keenan said. Asked about the spending, a spokesperson for the Club pointed to their own internal poll from a few weeks ago showing Lamb up by a 34-point margin.
Lamb was never charged with a crime for his alleged actions. An investigation by the Pinal County attorney found no criminal wrongdoing, though it also concluded a previous county attorney failed to adequately investigate the accusations.
“I know him. I’ve seen him. I’ve seen him time and time again stand for the right things,” said Tyler Farnsworth, a Republican candidate for the Arizona House in Gilbert. “My belief is that the voters here in CD5 have seen who Mark Lamb is.”
“I tend to believe what I see out of the legal system, the justice system, much more than some reporting that may have some very intentional bias toward it,” he added.
The women in the Republic investigation said they also repeatedly raised concerns to Latter-day Saint church leaders. It is unclear what disciplinary action, if any, the church took: The church does not publicly disclose membership status or disciplinary proceedings. The church did not respond to a request for comment.
The stories sent waves through the district’s large Latter-day Saint community. Arizona’s 5th District — sometimes colloquially called the “Mormon district” — includes Gilbert, Queen Creek and parts of Mesa, all areas with significant Latter-day Saint populations.
“When you see the picture of him in a baptismal outfit, with the brother he baptized, and he’s having an open marriage with his wife and this man, it doesn’t seem to uphold our gospel standards,” Suzanne Lunt, an independent voter in Gilbert, said of the allegations. Lunt helped organize Latter-day Saints against Trump in 2024.
In late May, as the Republic’s reporting rocked the valley, a group of prominent Latter-day Saint politicians and strategists coalesced to try and force Lamb out of the race, noting Lamb could make the seat a vulnerability for Republicans in November, or drag down statewide Republicans in the crucial race for governor. But that push tapered off after it became clear Lamb — or his supporters — wouldn’t budge.
“More of an effort hasn’t been made because he doesn’t have a serious opponent well-funded enough to make the numbers close enough,” said Tyler Montague, a Mesa-based political operative who is a Latter-day Saint. “That’s why there isn’t any real movement elsewhere.”
Keenan begs to differ, arguing that Lamb’s scandals could put the district that went for Trump by 20 points “at risk.”
“I don’t actually like [Keenan],” said Amy Wudel, a Republican in Gilbert. “He’s sort of on the extreme side, from typically what I would vote for.” But Wudel, who worked for an independent challenger to Rep. Andy Biggs in the 5th District last cycle, will vote for Keenan because “I do not vote for candidates who do not display the character worthy of office.”
Keenan still faces an uphill battle. His own poll shows the huge name ID deficit he faces — when voters were asked their opinion of Keenan and Lamb, one-third said they were not sure about Keenan, while only 11 percent said the same of Lamb.
It’s unclear how much the mudslinging will land with voters. The Arizona legislature moved the primary date up from early August to late July, meaning thousands of voters already cast a ballot through mail-in balloting or early voting. And the timing of the primary could make it a low-turnout affair: Because many Phoenix-area public schools return in late July or early August, many families are trying to beat the heat by getting in late-summer travel.
“This time of year, any given week, the pews are empty on Sunday and everyone is in Show Low, Flagstaff or San Diego,” said Chad Heywood, a Republican strategist who is neutral in the race.
Meanwhile, Lamb’s supporters are bullish, especially after Trump reinforced his endorsement of Lamb in a social media post Sunday without addressing the scandals. To show his dominance in the 5th District, supporters point to the 2024 election. Lamb ran for Senate, and even as he was being trounced in the primary by Kari Lake, he still managed to win his home of Pinal County by 25 points. One ally also pointed out that Lamb received a standing ovation during a June gathering of Republican women, long after the allegations became public. And his allies in Congress are sticking by his side: Lamb’s campaign sent out fundraising solicitations from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in recent weeks.
Even Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz), who previously said Lamb’s activity “borders on immoral” and that Lamb should drop out of the race if he isn’t willing to address the accusations, is now keeping the race at arms length.
“I stay out of [District] 5, because it’s not my district,” Schweikert said in an interview at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. “If that’s good enough for his voters, I mean, they’re the ones in the district.”
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