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DeSantis is right: Republicans can’t stay stuck in the past

By Madeline Fry Schultz
Published August 18, 2023 6:05pm ET
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DeSantis is right: Republicans can’t stay stuck in the past
Presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at The Gathering in Atlanta, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. |  (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

ATLANTA, Georgia — Former President Donald Trump wants to relitigate 2020. Democrats (and Jack Smith in particular) want to relitigate 2020. And the losers are Republicans, who cannot win a presidential election by staying in the past.

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