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Why Are Republicans Being So Divisive?

This is a moment for healing and unity. The GOP should put country before party, and hold the president accountable.
Source: Michael A. McCoy / The New York Times / Redux

This is a moment for healing and unity. The nation has been through a lot over the past few weeks and days, and it can scarcely afford more fractiousness. This is not a moment for partisan posturing, trying to gain a political advantage, or exploiting divisions.

Just ask most GOP members of the House of Representatives. “America is intensely divided at this moment, and people across the nation are frustrated and angered,” . “Our country is not just divided,” Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “We are deeply hurt.” Even the close Trump ally Jim

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