After midterms, will GOP seek to move on from Trump?
Is the GOP still the party of Donald Trump?
In the wake of their disappointing midterm results – and as the former president prepares for a “big” announcement, with expectations that he will make his 2024 bid official tonight – Republicans are once again wrestling with the same existential question that has consumed the party off and on for the past six years.
Right now, Mr. Trump’s grip on his party appears as tenuous as it’s ever been. Most of his marquee candidates in battleground states lost last week, and those who won often lagged mainstream Republicans on the ticket. Across the political spectrum, commentators have interpreted the election as a sharp rebuke to the MAGA brand, calling the former president a drag on the GOP ticket and a gift to Democratic turnout.
Mr. Trump also remains under investigation, facing perhaps the greatest legal,” has pulled ahead in several recent surveys ranking potential 2024 contenders.
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