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Donald Trump has taken over the Republican Party. He's transformed the Republican Party.

Mark Shields

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Mark Shields
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 25
Columnist
Writer
Weymouth
Massachusetts
Mark Stephen Shields
Transformed
Donald
Republican
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