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The roots of our current political divisiveness

Discovery of explosives addressed to prominent Democratic figures this week took the country’s political divisiveness to grave new heights. How did we get here, and how can we recover? Judy speaks to Professor Joanne Freeman, author of “The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War” and Carolyn Lukensmeyer, executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse.
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