'We need to talk about both': Republicans say 2020 election complaints essential to 2022 messaging

ORLANDO, Florida — Former President Donald Trump is not the only Republican who refuses to stop talking about 2020 and make a full pivot to November’s midterm elections.

In conversations with congressional Republicans and party activists attending this weekend’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference, support for keeping the spotlight on supposed misdeeds that occurred in the last presidential election reigned supreme. Amid some anxiety on the Right that looking backward could undermine GOP opportunities to maximize gains in the House and Senate in 2022, Republicans here said it would be a mistake to focus exclusively on the next election and voters’ current priorities.