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Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Van Andel Arena on March 28, 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Trump's fake economy exposed

Bob Hennelly
Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz (AP/Steven Senne/Reuters/Yuri Gripas/AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP: Make crazy plan crazier!

Brian Beutler
Mitch McConnell, John Boehner (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP's cynical campaign goal

Brian Beutler
John Boehner, Ted Cruz (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Cruz's complaints are useless

Brian Beutler
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Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

You don't get how bad they are

Brian Beutler
John Boehner, Ted Cruz (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

GOP's war on the right!

Brian Beutler
John Boehner (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

How he avoids self-destruction

Brian Beutler
(Benjamin Wheelock/Salon/AP/Phil Long)

GOP's sad, empty threats

Brian Beutler
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(AP/Susan Walsh)

The improved negotiator

Brian Beutler
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner the Scrooge?

Brian Beutler
Tom Coburn (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

GOP's most alarming threat?

Brian Beutler
John Boehner, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh (AP/Susan Walsh/Stacy Bengs/Reuters/Micah Walter)

GOP's scary consolation prize

Brian Beutler
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Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh (Reuters/Jeff Haynes/AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bluffing to appease radicals

Brian Beutler
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My crippling student loan

Ann Nichols
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