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The Daily Cartoon: not enough track

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Caricature illustration of a horse race: eleven politicians crowded together in one narrow railed lane, jostling and boxed in, while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gallops alone far ahead in the wide open lane beside them, and one rider trails at the very back of the pack in the dust.
Caricature illustration of a horse race: eleven politicians crowded together in one narrow railed lane, jostling and boxed in, while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gallops alone far ahead in the wide open lane beside them, and one rider trails at the very back of the pack in the dust. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with AI image tools
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