It’s strange to think anyone believed the era of Trumpism would magically end once the 45th president left office. Daily battles with the press and on social media may have stopped, but the GOP allegiance to Donald Trump seems anything but wavering.
The most substantial proof of this is the Republican Party’s collective insistence that the Trump-critical should not only get condemned but ousted. The tent of conservatism can include divergent avenues of thought insofar as they relate to policy. Protecting the most prominent personality ever seen on the GOP political stage is an entirely different matter. And he’s worth shielding from disapproval at all costs. In a May 10 letter to Republican colleagues, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said, “Each day spent relitigating the past is one day less we have to seize the future.” On its own, this statement is correct. There is every reason to move beyond the last few months toward a present and future dedicated to defeating the Democratic Party.
