The Divided Side Almost Always Loses

November 19, 2025 · 10:13 am ET · Leave a Comment

Republican lawmakers appear to have finally absorbed a basic political reality: Donald Trump will never be on a ballot again.

And once that sunk in, everything else followed.

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