State Republicans shun lawmakers critical of Trump and his big lie
But rank-and-file Republican officials actively working to tip the scales to placate the whims of a one-term president are breaking new ground.
Were in a period now with a former president who has grievances of his own party and hes using his clout and his megaphone and his power to attempt to exact revenge on those individuals. And in certain states where Trump is popular or where an incumbent political figure has taken a deeply unpopular political position, you are seeing some internal opposition, said Matt Mackowiak, the chairman of the Travis county GOP, in Texas.
He added: I think were living in a time now where party officials dont feel as duty-bound to support every member of the party, particularly if theyve gone in a different direction on a fairly important issue.
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Even more unusual, these internal Republican party conflicts have little to do with a broad swath of policy disagreements. Instead they are often about whether a candidate supported Trumps false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent.
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So unless you are ready to buy into insurrection and sedition you no longer belong in the republican party at state level also. Good to know.
Full on authoritarian with a splash of nazi...