Would Republicans in Washington stand by Donald Trump’s “big lie” if they knew it could cost the party a fifth of its voters? A nationally representative Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in the days following the Capitol insurrection confirmed the large number of Republicans who believe Trump’s false assertion that the 2020 […] Read more »
Why Senate Democrats may struggle in 2022
The retirement announcement this week from Sen. Rob Portman is a sign that even as we just finished one election, another one is right around the corner. Democrats seemed to be pleased that the Ohio Republican is stepping aside because beating an incumbent senator is hard. … But history suggests […] Read more »
77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election
… A New York Times examination of the 77 democracy-bending days between election and inauguration shows how, with conspiratorial belief rife in a country ravaged by pandemic, a lie that Mr. Trump had been grooming for years finally overwhelmed the Republican Party and, as brake after brake fell away, was […] Read more »
Trump’s in a historically strong 2024 primary position for an ex-president
Donald Trump is no longer president. He no longer has the megaphone of Twitter. But make no mistake: This is still Trump’s Republican Party. You see it in the actions of Republican state and local parties trying to punish those who went against Trump. You see this in a majority […] Read more »
Forcing out the fringe
… In the postwar decades, a slash-and-burn conspiratorial style took hold of the right wing, posing a challenge to several pillars of American democracy, including free and fair elections, the acceptance of facts in political debates and the peaceful transfer of power. … By stigmatizing, punishing and outvoting the forces […] Read more »
How America Changed During Donald Trump’s Presidency
Donald Trump stunned the political world in 2016 when he became the first person without government or military experience ever to be elected president of the United States. His four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure […] Read more »