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Hypocrisy is beneath them – political figures in the Trump era don't bother concealing their misdeeds

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
Hypocrisy is beneath them – political figures in the Trump era don't bother concealing their misdeedsInfowars founder Alex Jones in court during his Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022. Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File

There seems to be no sense of shame or its cousin, guilt, in our time.

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