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Will America survive the current political discord?

On October 18th, approximately 7-million people united in cities and towns across the country for No King’s Day. Organizers called the event a “non-violence defiance of authoritarianism”.

While locals came together to voice their concerns about the current state of American politics, is this discourse a sign of something more?

WGCU’s Mike Walcher spoke to local politicians, teachers and regular folks to see if any common ground can be found in political conversations.

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