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Alex Wagner considers the elements in American culture and politics that kept Donald Trump, who is supremely flawed as a candidate in addition to his egregious personal defects, roughly even in polling against Kamala Harris just days before Election Day. Michelle Goldberg, columnist for the New York Times, and Melissa Murray, co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, join to discuss.