Discarding core commitments is not a small concession to changing times but an abject desecration of everything the G.O.P. long claimed to believe.
Tag: McConnell, Mitch
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The Ohio Primary and the Return of the Republican Civil War
How the divides of the party’s 2016 primary campaign have risen fully to the surface again.
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Lisa Murkowski Bets Big on the Center in Alaska
The Republican senator is leaning into her centrist credentials and bipartisan ties in her re-election race, hoping that voters will reward moderation as the G.O.P. has lurched to the right.
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McConnell and McCarthy’s Jan. 6 Fury at Trump Faded by February
In the days after the attack, Representative Kevin McCarthy planned to tell Mr. Trump to resign. Senator Mitch McConnell told allies impeachment was warranted. But their fury faded fast.
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Democrats Aim to Fill as Many Court Vacancies as Possible by End of 2022
Democrats aim to fill as many court vacancies as possible by the end of 2022, when Senate Republicans are in reach of winning control and slamming the brakes on President Biden’s picks.