GOP Paranoia Could Cost the Party in November
GOP Paranoia Could Cost the Party in November
August 29, 2022 at 5:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/08/29/gop-paranoia-could-cost-the-party-in-november/
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Jonathan Bernstein: From the 2016 presidential campaign through the second impeachment vote in the Senate, Republicans have had plenty of opportunities to rid themselves of Trump. Yet time after time, they chose instead to stick with him, with the party and with party-aligned media, giving Trump, who apparently cares little about public policy or the conservative movement, the ability to decide what counts as orthodoxy.
Given the legal trouble the former president has gotten himself into, being a true conservative now includes a requirement to defend Trumps attempt to overthrow the 2020 election as well as his right to classified material, including ultra-sensitive information about human intelligence, and store it willy-nilly at a not-even-close-to-secure location.
Republicans know that the weeks leading up to midterm elections arent a good time to pick a fight with the party leader, especially one who they believe wont hesitate to turn against anyone who opposes him. That means the next opportunity to move away from Trump is probably after the November midterms. Until then, Republicans are probably stuck with whatever he does that disrupts the partys attempts to run coherent campaigns and focus voters on President Joe Bidens weaknesses.
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