Commentary: Conservatives play wait and see through midterms
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Jun 05, 2018
3 minutes
When Donald Trump won the presidency, his relationship with the rest of the Republican Party looked like a potentially shaky marriage. But the GOP is Trump's party now.
We're full swing into primary season for the midterms, and where are the Republican voices offering any alternative to Trumpism? Traditionalist conservatives have been shuffled off the stage.
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona decried Trump's "regular and casual undermining of our democratic norms and ideals." He's retiring. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, who called the White House "an adult day-care center,"
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