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Follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelMcGough3. Michael McGough is a former senior editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times and a journalist in Washington, D.C.
His jabs at the pope probably would matter more if Congressional Republicans and JD Vance weren’t already heading for grim midterms.
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