'It's not their party any more': Trump leaves Republicans deeply fractured
The rancorous four-year administration of Donald Trump will reach its denouement on Wednesday with the twice-impeached president committing one final act of enmity: dropping a match to ignite a civil war inside his Republican party.
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One faction, Trump loyalists determined to punish elected Republicans who supported impeachment after the attack on the Capitol, features a number of new Congress members blindly devoted to Trumpism and determined to move the party even further right.
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“This isn’t their Republican party any more,” the president’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr, said of moderate Republicans at a rally that preceded the insurrection. “This is Donald Trump’s party.”
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Senior Republicans, including McConnell, are seeking to prevent more extreme politicians from seeking higher office. Scott Reed, a McConnell ally and former Republican strategist, told the Times: “In 2022, we’ll be faced with the Trump pitchfork crowd, and there will need to be an effort to beat them back.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/16/donald-trump-republican-party-divided-impeachment-capitol-attack
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