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The GOP’s most Trump-skeptical bloc starts falling in line
That success winning over the Hill GOP was hardly guaranteed — and comes just three years after Trump mounted a public campaign to overturn his 2020 loss that’s gotten him indicted on dozens of criminal charges. But a combination of behind-the-scenes courtships like that of Hoeven and the growing feeling of inevitability that Trump will win the nomination is peeling off Republican senators who might otherwise have longed for a new, less divisive standard-bearer. These days, many in the GOP see only upside to early support for Trump.
His recent converts include freshman Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), who initially said her RNC job precluded an endorsement before endorsing Trump in December, as well as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who led a challenge to Trump’s 2020 defeat by President Joe Biden.
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the second senator to endorse Trump in his 2024 bid, said the growing tide of pro-Trump senators signals that the former president’s path to the nomination is now “more clear” than ever in the days before Republicans cast their first ballots.
Senate Republicans' biggest Trump skeptics start falling in line
Let's take a walk down memory lane from immediately after the failed coup.
“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey,” Graham said, clearly agitated. “I hate it to end this way. Oh, my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president. But today, the first thing you’ll see, all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...6-than-he-let-or-than-he-has-indicated-since/
"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day," McConnell said.
https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-...on, none,,in the former president's acquittal.
And then there's this from the former Speaker.
What turned them around, and what is turning Repubs around now?
"The former president’s path to the nomination is now “more clear” than ever."
IOW, just as in 2021, congressional Repubs see their own political future as being tied to support for Dear Leader. Despite......
Trump’s radical second-term agenda would wield executive power in unprecedented ways
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/trump-agenda-second-term/index.html
.......of course, the failed coup,
![[IMG]](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/01/05/ap21235625091143_slide-2c326e1089acc252b44b4eb3958ba058e988b7a9-s1100-c50.jpg "[IMG]")
and hundreds of other politically disqualifying acts.
That success winning over the Hill GOP was hardly guaranteed — and comes just three years after Trump mounted a public campaign to overturn his 2020 loss that’s gotten him indicted on dozens of criminal charges. But a combination of behind-the-scenes courtships like that of Hoeven and the growing feeling of inevitability that Trump will win the nomination is peeling off Republican senators who might otherwise have longed for a new, less divisive standard-bearer. These days, many in the GOP see only upside to early support for Trump.
His recent converts include freshman Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), who initially said her RNC job precluded an endorsement before endorsing Trump in December, as well as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who led a challenge to Trump’s 2020 defeat by President Joe Biden.
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the second senator to endorse Trump in his 2024 bid, said the growing tide of pro-Trump senators signals that the former president’s path to the nomination is now “more clear” than ever in the days before Republicans cast their first ballots.
Senate Republicans' biggest Trump skeptics start falling in line
Let's take a walk down memory lane from immediately after the failed coup.
“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey,” Graham said, clearly agitated. “I hate it to end this way. Oh, my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president. But today, the first thing you’ll see, all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...6-than-he-let-or-than-he-has-indicated-since/
"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day," McConnell said.
https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-...on, none,,in the former president's acquittal.
And then there's this from the former Speaker.
What turned them around, and what is turning Repubs around now?
"The former president’s path to the nomination is now “more clear” than ever."
IOW, just as in 2021, congressional Repubs see their own political future as being tied to support for Dear Leader. Despite......
Trump’s radical second-term agenda would wield executive power in unprecedented ways
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/trump-agenda-second-term/index.html
.......of course, the failed coup,
and hundreds of other politically disqualifying acts.
