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Well the Republican “leadership” is no longer a monolithic entity, it’s split between Trumpists and establishment types. The former have been leading it all.
by SkyMarshal 6y ago
Well the Republican “leadership” is no longer a monolithic entity, it’s split between Trumpists and establishment types. The former have been leading it all. The latter have been speaking out against it all along, but to no effect.
- staplers 6y agoThe writing was on the wall and they knew it. Now that Trump doesn't benefit them, they will act like they don't support him.
- jandrese 6y agoThere's barely any "establishment" members left in the Republican party. They were primaried to death in the past couple of decades, or chose to quit when they saw what direction their party was heading. Like it or not Trump and his brand of politics is the modern Republican party. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-there-are-so-few-moderate-republicans-left/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-there-are-so-few-mo...
- 8note 6y agoEstablishment democrats also are their lunch to an extent. A pro business, corporate tax cut Democrat isn't all that different from a pro business, corporate tax cut republican