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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith Washington bureau chief

Sarah Palin hits comeback trail with fellow loose cannon Trump at her side

Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, in April.
Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, in April. Photograph: Mark Thiesssen/AP

Fourteen years after her star power and incendiary rhetoric rallied crowds in her bid for the US vice-presidency, Sarah Palin takes the stage again on Saturday night – with a very different man at her side than during the 2008 election.

Palin was the running mate of presidential nominee John McCain, a war veteran and Republican party stalwart who was this week posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden.

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