Name: American Dreams in an Election Year - The Struggle Continues
Uploaded: 2021-01-20T13:52:57.000+01:00
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Description: An extra episode of the American Dream series. This epilogue covers the period after the November elections up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington. Ever more divided, the two Americas seem to live in their own realities: Biden supporters are relieved by his victory whereas many Trump supporters feel that the election was stolen.

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An extra episode of the American Dream series. This epilogue covers the period after the November elections up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington. Ever more divided, the two Americas seem to live in their own realities: Biden supporters are relieved by his victory whereas many Trump supporters feel that the election was stolen.

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USA Presidential Elections 2020

<p>An extra episode of the American Dream series. This epilogue covers the period after the November elections up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington. Ever more divided, the two Americas seem to live in their own realities: Biden supporters are relieved by his victory whereas many Trump supporters feel that the election was stolen.</p>

The Struggle Continues

An extra episode of the American Dream series covering the period after the presidential elections in November up to the dramatic events of January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington.

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