Win or lose this fall, Trump has left a lasting mark on Congress. Since 2016, dozens of old-guard House Republicans have retired from safe red seats and been replaced by Trump allies, ensuring his style of politics will live on for years.
But as the primary season comes to a close next month, there is a growing concern among some in the GOP that their conference will be dominated by people whose guiding force is not principle or ideology but a blind devotion.
This reformation of the House GOP Conference is compounded by the fact that many of the retirees are among the few lawmakers willing to offer at least a modicum of opposition to Trump, on issues of principle or policy. Moore, who unsuccessfully challenged Roby in 2018 following the congresswoman’s anti-Trump apostasy, trailed the first-place finisher by 18 points in the first round of the primary. He prevailed in a primary runoff after leaning heavily on his early allegiance to Trump, with footage from the August 2015 rally where he endorsed the president appearing in his campaign ads.
House Republicans leaders and the National Republican Congressional Committee have already faced blowback for their plans to welcome Georgia’s Greene into their caucus. In addition to her promulgation of QAnon theories, she has also taped hours of videos making racist comments.
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