Former President Trump, again upending American political norms, is moving to remake Congress and the Republican Party in his own image.
But Trump’s heavy hand in GOP primaries carries risks for his party. Some Republicans fear that some of his endorsements — those based not on electability but on candidates’ loyalty to him and his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen — could make it harder for the party to win in swing states.
Trump allies argue that the party would face far graver political problems if he were not so engaged. Many see him as essential to motivating GOP voters in 2022’s high-stakes election, especially since turnout usually drops in midterms.“This is largely going to be a turnout-based election. If the candidate is Trumpy, that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” said a person familiar with the former president’s thinking.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, a party campaign arm, has pledged to stay out of contested open primaries in 2022. The committee’s chair, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, tried without success to get Trump to stay neutral until after GOP primary voters pick the nominees. And in a recent focus group of Alaska Trump supporters, some Murkowski critics still gave her credit for channeling federal aid to the state.“There’s a ‘Murkowski delivers for Alaska’ campaign in there,” said Sarah Longwell, a Republican Trump critic who conducted the focus group.
Yet Scott, the Republican Senatorial Committee chair, said on the podcast “Ruthless” last week that there still was “a shot” that Ducey would get into the race. Walker’s promoters say that if he runs, he would be unbeatable in a GOP primary and a strong general election candidate because he is legendary in Georgia for his years asHaving a well-known Black candidate run against Warnock, who is also Black, would be an added political plus for the GOP.
bannerite Ward boss? Try mob boss. bully RICO
Makes sense. Trump voters THINK like people living in the 1880's after all...
Re: While most former presidents have steered clear of politics, Donald Trump is intervening in Republican primaries like an old-style ward boss: rewarding allies, and punishing enemies.
Right-you mean he's acting like a Democrat
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Now that the GOP's only guiding principle is loyalty to Trump, they should really consider changing the party's name.
Every reporter who has been covering him since the 80s
To be fair trump is a former president who’s still eligible for reelection unlike most of the last former presidents we’ve had
After The Big Lie, a lot of their base will think 'why bother to vote and dear leader doesn't like x candidate, might as well stay home.'
I will NEVER vote for a GOP candidate ever again. Never again.
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