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Looks like Congressional Republicans are calling the shots now, telling Fuhrer Trump what to do. And he'll bend over and take it, too. You watch.
Donald Trumpās bid to oust a Florida Republican who backed Ron DeSantis over him is reviving a long-running GOP anxiety: that he canāt be dissuaded from the grudges and inflammatory rhetoric that plagued his partyās lawmakers during his first term.
Trumpās call for a challenger to Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), the only House Republican from DeSantisā state to endorse the Florida governor in the primary, reveals a campaign with little interest in courting his former rivals and their supporters. But as President Joe Biden makes a play for Nikki Haley voters who might be reluctant to back Trump, Republicans are starting to nudge the former president to at least try to tone it down.
Theyāre concerned about a rerun of the hair-pulling past ā where GOP candidates in battleground races are constantly challenged to answer for their presumptive nomineeās more erratic and boisterous statements.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), another former DeSantis backer, told POLITICO that Trumpās scorched-earth approach to Lee risks turning off some voters who might otherwise favor him.
āGratuitous attacks like these wonāt help him win the presidency, and are counterproductive to building a conservative Congress eager to advance his agenda when heās elected,ā Massie said. āFortunately, Laurel Lee will win her reelection by a comfortable margin, but in the meantime, these kind of statements alienate some of Trumpās potential voters.ā
Hill GOP to Trump: Tamp down the talk of grudges and Jan. 6
Donald Trumpās bid to oust a Florida Republican who backed Ron DeSantis over him is reviving a long-running GOP anxiety: that he canāt be dissuaded from the grudges and inflammatory rhetoric that plagued his partyās lawmakers during his first term.
Trumpās call for a challenger to Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), the only House Republican from DeSantisā state to endorse the Florida governor in the primary, reveals a campaign with little interest in courting his former rivals and their supporters. But as President Joe Biden makes a play for Nikki Haley voters who might be reluctant to back Trump, Republicans are starting to nudge the former president to at least try to tone it down.
Theyāre concerned about a rerun of the hair-pulling past ā where GOP candidates in battleground races are constantly challenged to answer for their presumptive nomineeās more erratic and boisterous statements.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), another former DeSantis backer, told POLITICO that Trumpās scorched-earth approach to Lee risks turning off some voters who might otherwise favor him.
āGratuitous attacks like these wonāt help him win the presidency, and are counterproductive to building a conservative Congress eager to advance his agenda when heās elected,ā Massie said. āFortunately, Laurel Lee will win her reelection by a comfortable margin, but in the meantime, these kind of statements alienate some of Trumpās potential voters.ā
