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The View from Alabama

Episode Summary

<p>This week, the Democrat Doug Jones was elected to the U.S. Senate in Alabama's special election, after his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, was heavily criticized for his racial politics and allegations that he sexually harassed five women when they were teenagers. Charles Bethea joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what Doug Jones' victory in the Alabama senate election says about Trumpism in the South.</p>

Episode Notes

This week, the Democrat Doug Jones was elected to the U.S. Senate in Alabama's special election, after his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, was heavily criticized for his racial politics and allegations that he sexually harassed five women when they were teenagers. Charles Bethea joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what Doug Jones' victory in the Alabama senate election says about Trumpism in the South.