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GOP pushback mounts as signs of post-Trump Republican Party begin to emerge
The GOP Is Not Leaving Trump. It Is Trying to Survive Him.A Thin Story of “Distance”The source story is simple enough: a USA Today podcast treated a handful of Senate Republicans pushing back on Trump-backed priorities as evidence that the party may be drifting toward a post-Trump future. The examples were familiar: resistance to Todd Blanche’s nomination, objections to a Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund tied to an IRS settlement with the Trumps, hesitation around Trump’s SAVE America Act, and John Thune’s claim that the Senate votes are not there.That is the context. The…
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