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1. Without Trump in the White House, more Rs at the national level and in statewide offices will feel emboldened to stand against the GOP's increasingly anti-democratic impulses. But they'll be a minority in the party, and completely detached from the activist wing. https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1345485961015259137
2. Trump will remain tremendously influential out of power, especially with the sorts of folks who show up in POTUS primaries & who live in solid R districts. So a majority of the party's electeds, albeit a minority of senators, will continue to indulge anti-democratic impulses.
You'll end up with the party split into 3 unequal camps.
1. MAGA cultists who've abandoned all pretenses of liberal democracy.
2. Conventional GOPers who will focus on obstructing Biden like they did Obama. Block D policies, win back Congress, etc.
3. Governance-minded GOPers.
1. MAGA cultists who've abandoned all pretenses of liberal democracy.
2. Conventional GOPers who will focus on obstructing Biden like they did Obama. Block D policies, win back Congress, etc.
3. Governance-minded GOPers.
#1 includes all the cynical senators like Cruz, Hawley, and Cotton who'll indulge sedition if they think it helps them win a GOP POTUS primary. Also, most state GOPs.
#2 is McConnell, Toomey, etc. Still toxic for the country, but fearful that #1 will tank the party electorally.
#2 is McConnell, Toomey, etc. Still toxic for the country, but fearful that #1 will tank the party electorally.
#3 is Mitt, Murkowski, Kinzinger, and like 5 other people.
Maybe some governors and statewide elected officials who don't have the luxury of posturing the burn the country down to own the libs.
Maybe some governors and statewide elected officials who don't have the luxury of posturing the burn the country down to own the libs.
