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MAGA delusion is hurling the GOP towards a bloodbath: report

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The Party That Cannot Admit Failure

A Check Is Not a Governing Record

Donald Trump’s promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans retain Congress is less an economic program than an electoral transaction. The proposal, unveiled at a Republican midterm convention in Dallas, asks voters to overlook the condition of Trump’s second term and focus instead on a large, conditional payout. Even Republicans cited in the reporting reportedly recognize it as desperation.

That distinction matters. A governing party normally campaigns on what its power has produced. Trump is campaigning…

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