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    The Rising Cost of Republicans’ Investment in Trump

    GOP voters may be angry about Biden’s student-debt bailout, but the political bargain their party leaders made is the underlying problem.
    by David Frum Aug 29, 2022 3 minutes
    Source: Nicholas Kamm / Getty; Olivier Douliery / Getty; Win McNamee / Getty; The Atlantic

    Republican leaders and donors are suddenly making worried noises about their political chances.

    Five months ago, their party looked likely to take both the U.S. House and the Senate in 2022. Republicans appeared ready to consolidate their leads over Democrats in the numbers of governorships and state legislatures held. Best of all, they seemed to have quietly sidelined former President Donald Trump.

    Now their prospects look clouded. Gasoline prices have dropped. The Supreme and galvanized pro-abortion-rights voters, including some nonreligious but otherwise conservative women who Republican. Their Senate hopes are being dashed because Trump intervened in primaries to nominate a bunch of unattractive candidates in must-win swing states. On Wednesday, from a very anxious conference call by Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel with major donors. Small-dollar donations to Senate candidates have dropped abruptly, even as Democratic fundraising surges.

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