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Column: Trump and his MAGA movement stormed the Republican establishment. Now they have become it
LA Times ^ | 3/12/24 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 04/04/2024 11:15:36 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Donald Trump’s domination of last week’s primaries made it official: He has successfully routed the GOP establishment.

Some would argue, with ample evidence, that this happened a long time ago. Particularly in Congress, the party is divided into three sometimes overlapping factions: Reaganites, pragmatists and populists, the last being Trump’s “MAGA” faction. Politicians from the first two groups have been retreating, retiring or reinventing themselves in Trump’s image for years now

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: johnahgoldberg; jonahgolberg; trump
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To: MMusson

How many “rank and file” GOP like Trump outside of the Conservative Caucus? Very few.

The GOP establishment works very hard to insure that most “rank and file” Republicans are establishment types. Outside of the Conservative Caucus, who are these “rank and file” GOP senators and congressmen you are talking about who “love Trump”?


21 posted on 04/06/2024 5:48:49 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: DallasBiff

No one would even know this 4th rate hack’s name if it wasn’t for his mother.


22 posted on 04/06/2024 6:06:46 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread")
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