Opinion by E.J. Dionne Jr.: Many Republican leaders have decided they can’t win with Trump, and can’t win without his voters. This dilemma explains why they are tongue-tied on policy.
But the bedlam in the party goes well beyond a spiteful former president and his legal jeopardy. That’s obvious in the challenge McConnell faced for the Republican Senate leadership from Sen. Rick Scott , and in how short Rep. Kevin McCarthy is of the support he will need to become speaker when the House votes in January. McConnell easily put Scott away on Wednesday, 37-10.
For good measure, McConnell said on Tuesday that voters thought Republicans “were spending too much time on negativity and attacks and chaos. They were frightened.” Absolutely right.Both McConnell and Scott were pointing to the core GOP conundrum. If Republicans say what they would do with power, they will scare away a lot of voters because the party’s economic and programmatic aspirations are too right-wing.
Those Trump gains are now in jeopardy. One of the petrifying things for Republicans about the 2022 results is how Democrats cut — and in some cases slashed — GOP margins across red counties, particularly in key swing-state contests: in Pennsylvania’s races for both governor and the U.S. Senate; in Michigan’s governor’s race; and in Arizona’s Senate race.Trump has now become a Republican liability, as evidenced by the defeat of so many of his election-denying candidates.
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