Why We’re Back Here Again

Seth Masket offers two very basic facts about modern Republican politics:

• Republican voters largely love Donald Trump. Not all of them, to be sure, but enough of them like what he stands for, like who he has chosen for his enemies, and look back with fondness on his first term.
• Republican officeholders are largely terrified of Donald Trump. They know that if they cross him too much, he can end their career in a primary election, and his supporters can also threaten them and their families.