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Republican Party born in Wisconsin at a time of divisiveness

It’s been a convention unlike any other with the assassination attempt against former President Trump lingering over the week. But this moment is just the latest on the long timeline of the Republican Party. Lisa Desjardins looks at the birth of the GOP in the years before the Civil War.

Republican Party born in Wisconsin at a time of divisiveness

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