President Trump may well be on his way out of Washington, but you wouldn’t know it from the way top congressional Republicans are talking about him.
There’s a sense in Republican circles that Trump being on the ballot actually lifted them to higher-than-expected success in House, Senate and statehouse races, even if Trump didn’t perform as well as they did. An obvious potential takeaway for Republicans from this election would be that embracing Trumpism worked for them.
And that would mean aspects of Trumpism are here to stay in Republican politics, even if the man himself isn’t a leading figure anymore. CONT.
Amber Phillips, Washington Post