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Sacrifice: Jack Beatty on the sunk moral cost of the Trump supporter

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Published September 14, 2023 at 10:13 PM CDT

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election at Erie Insurance Arena on July 29, 2023 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Listen: Part I of our special weekly podcast featuring Jack Beatty’s reflections on political life in the U.S.

In this weekly podcast, Jack Beatty offers his unique perspective and insight on aspects of current political life in the U.S. In this episode, the tenacity of Donald Trump’s most ardent followers.

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Jack Beatty, On Point’s news analyst. He was a longtime senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly, which he joined in September of 1983, having previously worked as a book reviewer at Newsweek and as the literary editor of The New Republic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.