Name: America 101: What is a "Political Outsider"?
Duration: 93
Description: Lara Spencer discusses the political figures who come out of nowhere to take America by storm.

Lara Spencer discusses the political figures who come out of nowhere to take America by storm.

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America 101: What is a "Political Outsider"?

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<p>America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.</p>


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