Republican officials are rendering an unequivocal verdict: They want to cement former President Trump’s politics and policies into the foundation of the GOP for many years to come.
Why it matters: The debate over Trump’s post-election hold on the GOP is over — it has gotten stronger since the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
The evidence is overwhelming:
– House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, a Trump critic, is expected to get booted from leadership next week for saying Trump’s claims of an illegitimate Biden victory are lies and destructive.
– Trumpian voting restrictions like Georgia’s are now being debated in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Iowa and other states.
– The Trump positions on trade and immigration — both of which broke with Bush-era orthodoxy — are now the Republican positions.
– The 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 violence have gone mostly silent, and in at least one case turned on Cheney.
– The entire House GOP leadership will soon be full-throated Trumpers.
– House Rs expect Trump-backed candidates to crush his critics in contested primaries.
– State-level Republican leaders are often as — or more — Trumpian than national leaders, and in many cases will control redistricting.
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