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The Democratic veepstakes and former President Donald Trump’s apparent inability to understand how Vice President Kamala Harris could be Black and Asian at the same time (while also telling supporters Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, who is Jewish, is also a member of Hamas) justifiably grabbed attention this week.
But the machinery of trying to take or keep control of the House also continued to grind its gears.