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The age of LOLitics

30 September 2019

10:54 PM

30 September 2019

10:54 PM

This article is in The Spectator’s inaugural US edition. Subscribe here to get yours.

One thing is now as obvious as a brick through a window: politics is the new comedy. Who in America believes that the road to 2020 will be paved with prudence, solemnity and fair campaigning? Nobody does. This election season will be defined by below-the-belt hits, salty jokes and juvenile comebacks, all delivered with the subtlety of an air horn blast.

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