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All of this puts the GOP in a difficult bind. On the one hand, there is a high risk that failing to distance the party from both Donald Trump and his most crackbrained supporters will prevent the party from regaining purchase with Romney-Clinton voting suburbanites — whose votes it may need in order to compensate for a drop in turnout among less reliable white rural voters mobilized by Trump’s celebrity. On the other hand, the party now lives at Trump’s mercy. The mogul almost certainly isn’t willing to put in the effort that establishing a new party would require. But he could devastate the party of his betrayers without breaking a sweat: If Trump told his voters to sit out the 2024 election to punish Republicans for treating him unfairly, all available evidence suggests he could demobilize enough of the GOP base to render victory impossible. And Trump has often displayed greater wrath toward his turncoats than he has toward his known enemies. … [Read more...] about Trump Won’t Start a Third Party — But He Might Break the GOP

In an excerpt from Comey’s new book released this month, the former federal investigator argued that Trump should not be prosecuted after leaving the White House, as “the mission of the next attorney general must be fostering the trust of the American people.” … [Read more...] about Comey: ‘Republican Party has to be burned to the ground’

“I believe it’s one good way to put it. And this country cannot tolerate anymore of their deadly frivolousness. And as to Ronna McDaniel, I like her, Leo. I think she’s a wonderful person. She lost. The Republican Party has to demand that their leaders win and that they fight for the party, for its values,” Dobbs concluded. … [Read more...] about Lou Dobbs: RNC Chair McDaniel And Congressional Republican Leadership ‘Bare Tremendous Responsibility’ For Election Results

Joe BidenJoe BidenKaty Perry and her 'Firework' close out inauguration TV special Arizona Republican's brothers say he is 'at least partially to blame' for Capitol violence Tom Hanks: After years of 'troubling rancor,' Inauguration Day 'is about witnessing the permanence of our American ideal' MORE is now president, and Democrats are in charge. Here’s big news: This is not your grandfather’s Democratic Party. … [Read more...] about Trump’s greatest legacy: The GOP now represents America’s workers

“We all know Ted Cruz is sort of a political force of nature. He is what he is. You either hate him or you hate him,” Wilson said. “And he is a guy who went so far over the edge, not just to appease Donald Trump and Trump’s base, but because he felt like [Sen.] Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David HawleySenate confirms Biden's intel chief, giving him first Cabinet official Biden's inauguration marked by conflict of hope and fear The Hill's Morning Report - President Biden, Vice President Harris begin work today MORE (R-Mo.) had gotten out ahead of him on it.” … [Read more...] about The Lincoln Project co-founder says post-Trump he’s going after Cruz