William Saletan: “Trump may well succeed in purging Cheney and other Reagan Republicans from his party. In 2020, he scrapped the drafting of a platform entirely. He could do so again in 2024. Through purges, capitulations, and retirements, he might complete the transformation of the GOP into a party that worships dictators, ignores Russian aggression, tramples the Constitution, scorns the rule of law, and substitutes presidential favoritism for free markets.”
“That party might manage to gain and hold power for many years. It might even do so by winning elections. But it wouldn’t resemble the ‘Republican’ party any of us have known.”
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