After GOP Midterm Humiliation, Republican Calls For Trump Go Are Growing

The Republican Party suffered a historic humiliation in the 2022 midterm, and Republicans are saying that it might be time for Trump to go.

Politico reported:

As the night wore on, Republicans began to express concern that the results were not what they were expecting, or hoping for. Senior party officials vented that in too many contests, candidates had embraced positions adopted by Trump that were too far outside the mainstream.

With Trump poised to announce a 2024 bid, some said the party needed to have a post-election reckoning — and a discussion about whether the GOP needed to turn to someone else.

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Trump has tried to spin the midterm as a good night for him, which illustrates the problem that Republicans have created for themselves. The man leading their party doesn’t care about the party. Everything is seen through the lens of self.

The former president has his hooks so deep into the party infrastructure and GOP rank-and-file voters that unseating him looks implausible at best.

Ron DeSantis will be the fresh flavor, but DeSantis has the charisma of a coffee table, and he will get steamrolled by Trump in a primary.

Republicans handed the keys of the party to a political drunk driver who has cost them three straight elections.

They won’t get rid of Trump in 2024, but the GOP will be handed another historic defeat.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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