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GOP wallowing in 'red hot mess' in ruby red state as candidates flounder: 'Very dicey’
Ohio Republicans Built a Trump State. Now They Want Sympathy for the SpillThe Source of the MessAxios describes Ohio Republicans staring at a midterm problem: scandal, weak candidates, and voter depression in a state they turned into a Republican stronghold under Trump. That is the context. The real story is what comes after: a party that captured institutional power, personalized it around Trump, and is now discovering that loyalty politics does not produce durable legitimacy.Power Made This OutcomeThe people with actual power here are not angry voters or unlucky candidates. It is the…
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