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NEW: Leading Republicans, including some who’ve stood by Trump, say: enough
@GovChristie urges Republicans to “separate message from messenger” because: “I don’t think the messenger can recover from yesterday.”
w @alexburnsNYT > https://nyti.ms/35m81rv
@GovChristie urges Republicans to “separate message from messenger” because: “I don’t think the messenger can recover from yesterday.”
w @alexburnsNYT > https://nyti.ms/35m81rv
“Trump is a political David Koresh: He sees the end coming and wants to burn it all down and take as many with him as possible” - @kycatswin
What was striking to me re: shifting political calculations is how many Republicans who are on the ballot in 2022 said flatly it’s time for the party to move on from Trump:
Thune
Murkowski
Upton
And that’s just Wednesday night.
Thune
Murkowski
Upton
And that’s just Wednesday night.
But the gulf has never been wider between party leaders and their voters.
Just look at the House GOP and RNC, which have both become Trumpy since ‘16, and how they still bowed even after the riots. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-republicans.html
Just look at the House GOP and RNC, which have both become Trumpy since ‘16, and how they still bowed even after the riots. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-republicans.html
And the House GOP + RNC are much more reflective of activists than senators or govs
