The primary system isn't broken — it's rigged
The primary system isn't broken — it's rigged. That's the no-BS take Paul Rieckhoff brings to the News Nation panel as he connects the dots between closed primaries that lock independents out, a so-called Iran ceasefire that's still spitting missiles, and a president who says he 'loves the inflation.' If you're in the angry middle watching this summer of volatility unfold, this conversation names the machine doing it to you.
The two parties don't just run the game — they run the refs. In this News Nation panel conversation, Paul Rieckhoff makes the case…
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