Headline: Governing, 2/13/2025
Alan Greenblatt writes:
State Republicans Rush to Align Themselves With Trump: It may be ancient history at this point, but it’s worth reflecting for just a moment about how President Donald Trump seemed not just an unconventional Republican but almost an apostate as recently as his first run for office. In 2016, National Review devoted an entire interview to articles questioning whether Trump was even a conservative, given his views on entitlements and trade. Trump and the Republican National Committee spent much of that election season doing a dance around the question of whether Trump would support the party’s eventual nominee, given his threat to run as an independent if he wasn’t treated “fairly.”
Such arguments have long since been settled in Trump’s favor. Never Trump Republicans are sidelined; they may get speaking spots on cable and book contracts but have no power. Those who do have power — notably, congressional Republicans — are sending every signal they’ll acquiesce essentially to anything Trump wants. [emphasis added]
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