Between Trump’s still-domineering hand on the party and a GOP base that remains intensely loyal to the former president, the imperative for state party chairs is to intertwine his interests with that of the party
by restricting the use of hydroxychloroquine, a Trump obsession, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s purity tests, 100 percent,” said Landon Brown, a Republican state lawmaker from Wyoming whose state party chair, Frank Eathorne, earned Trump’s public endorsement for reelection this year after the state party censured Rep. Liz Cheney for her vote to impeach Trump. “When it comes to the party, what I have started seeing, especially in the past four to five years … it’s much more a hard-line, defined, ‘If you don’t vote this way, you’re not a Republican.
— fearful that failing to do so may alienate supporters. This is despite Trump’s failure to win a second term and the loss of Republican majorities in Congress during his watch. Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld speaks during a New England Council"Politics & Eggs" breakfast in Bedford, N.H. On Monday, April 15, 2019, Weld became the first Republican to announce a primary challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries. | Charles Krupa/AP Photo
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