One of the boys from the book There Are No Children Here goes back to his old neighborhood across from the Convention site. (10 minutes)
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Act Two: Reality Show
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Act Two: Sorry/Not Sorry
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Act Two: Lagerheads
A Democratic club at a bar in South Bend, Indiana, melts down over President Trump, and producer Ben Calhoun is there to see who’s still left in the club at the end of the night.
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Act Five: Nine Months Later
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