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Ex-GOP lawmaker says Republicans now resigned to hospice: 'Make the patient comfortable’
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) listens to an aide during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care costs on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
What happened
Former Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock told MS NOW that Republicans had effectively stopped trying to improve their November prospects and were instead attempting to “make the patient comfortable.” She called a GOP pollster’s prediction of Senate gains “delusional” and blamed Donald Trump for damaging Republican candidates over the summer.
Comstock cited the unpopular Iran war…
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