There are already internal Republican issues popping up and Trump has been away from things in Florida less than 36 hours….
The Republican Party is confronting an uncertain future — and key institutions that helped it gain power in the past have hollowed out or pulled back during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Three of the big power centers that drove the GOP’s last successful midterm campaign are no longer the same forces in party politics now, with Republicans out of the White House and in the minority in both chambers of Congress. The Koch network of megadonors and big-spending outside groups has stepped back its partisan political campaigning, while the U.S. Chamber of Commerce not only shrunk its spending but made a bipartisan shift. Others, like the National Rifle Association, has been consumed by internal strife. The advocacy group announced last week it would be filing for bankruptcy…
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The Republican Party is confronting an uncertain future — and key institutions that helped it gain power in the past have hollowed out or pulled back during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Three of the big power centers that drove the GOP’s last successful midterm campaign are no longer the same forces in party politics now, with Republicans out of the White House and in the minority in both chambers of Congress. The Koch network of megadonors and big-spending outside groups has stepped back its partisan political campaigning, while the U.S. Chamber of Commerce not only shrunk its spending but made a bipartisan shift. Others, like the National Rifle Association, has been consumed by internal strife. The advocacy group announced last week it would be filing for bankruptcy….
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“We’re all after-Trumpers now, and we need to figure out what that universe looks like,” said one Republican donor adviser and strategist. “The new ecosystem is going to be a competition of ideas for GOP megadonors, and they all have to decide, what kind of ecosystem do you want?”….