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'Big relief': GOP leader shows signs of cracking under Trump's 'vise-like pressure’
Trump Is Testing the Senate’s Surrender PointThe SetupJohn Thune’s complaint is simple: Donald Trump wants him to “wave the magic wand” and erase Senate rules he does not control. Thune says the votes are not there, the conference is divided, and Trump is pushing an election bill through sheer force of will. That is the reporting’s surface. The real story is who gets to define reality inside the Republican Party.Who Holds PowerTrump holds the power that matters. Not formal Senate power, not procedural power, but command power over the party’s political ecosystem. Thune is reduced to counting…
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