Opinion · 114th Congress
Defection Saturday: A Day That Will Live in GOP Lore
The problem for alternate-reality Republicans, like Thune, is that only one man has the power to defrock the GOP nominee — Donald J. Trump.
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The problem for alternate-reality Republicans, like Thune, is that only one man has the power to defrock the GOP nominee — Donald J. Trump.
She’s also pointing out her belief that Donald Trump’s divisiveness would weaken the nation’s standing.
“They broke their promises … stopped taking my calls … the whole thing was a lie. … Donald Trump made big promises about Trump University. And I was fooled into believing him.
PHILADELPHIA — It was Bernie Sanders’ moment of sweet victory. Not a convention triumph —for that was never in the cards.
The Republican gathering in Cleveland has been a convention like no other, loosely organized, off message and marked by shocks such as the theatrical throwdown between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
The Communist victory in China and Soviet nuclear tests fueled the panicked rise of Joe McCarthy in the early 1950s.
Clinton — who peppered her victory speech Tuesday night with the rare-for-her pronoun “we” — demonstrated that she now understands this dynamic as well as anyone in politics.
But who was that delivering Donald Trump’s victory speech for him?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump likes to brand his name with “the kind of dying institution” represented by the New York Republican Party, writes Walter Shapiro.