Top Republicans have joined a battle over the populism that the Republican Party has embraced under President Donald Trump following Democrats’ overwhelming midterm victory.
The party’s decisive disadvantage on the economy has created an opening for some conservatives, including presumed challengers to Vice President JD Vance for the GOP nomination in 2028, to call for a return to pre-Trump Republican orthodoxy, when tariffs and other populist economic policies were generally disfavored by the GOP.
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