{"id":14670,"date":"2019-01-24T15:58:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/?page_id=14670"},"modified":"2024-12-21T22:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T03:33:31","slug":"the-freshman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/series\/the-freshman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Freshman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"edgtf-section-title-holder   \" >\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"edgtf-st-title\" >\n\t\t\t\tepisodes\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"facetwp-template\" data-name=\"series_the_freshman\"><div class=\"fwpl-layout el-k3g93n\"><div class=\"fwpl-result r1\"><div class=\"fwpl-row el-vj6mu\"><div class=\"fwpl-col fwpl-col el-68avy\"><div class=\"fwpl-item el-36l12a post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/the-freshman-episode-1-swearing-in\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-1104x621.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-366x205.jpg 366w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-534x300.jpg 534w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-165x92.jpg 165w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-249x140.jpg 249w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-232x130.jpg 232w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-344x193.jpg 344w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-76x42.jpg 76w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-123x69.jpg 123w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-83x46.jpg 83w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu-125x70.jpg 125w, https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/rd3q1fc9zuu.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-gq3hsw post-date\">Jan 24, 2019<\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-mijtwn post-title\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/the-freshman-episode-1-swearing-in\/\">The Freshman | Episode 1: Swearing In<\/a><h4><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-oal5vi\">Welcome to the 116th Congress. 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