Trump created a permission structure for militia groups starting in 2016, and now those groups are infiltrating state and local Republican parties around the country. The Carnegie Endowment's Rachel Kleinfeld joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the growing threat from the mainstreaming of political violence.
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Rachel Kleinfeld: Republicans Have a Militia Problem

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Rachel Kleinfeld: Republicans Have a Militia Problem

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