Can the Republican Party Keep Its Coalition Together?
After this week’s events, the GOP could lose support from its white- and blue-collar voters alike.
by Ronald Brownstein
Sep 28, 2017
3 minutes
Donald Trump and the Republican Congress this week are straining every fraying seam in their party’s coalition.
In just days, Trump’s White House has advanced aggressively nationalistic initiatives on trade and immigration, while also starting an incendiary fight with protesting NFL players. Each of these confrontations has energized elements of his blue-collar political base but alarmed an array of business leaders usually aligned with the GOP.
Simultaneously, Trump and congressional Republicans have been finalizing a plan to massively cut taxes after mounting their latest to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Those
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