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Donald Trump Broke the GOP—And Put It Back Together
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Trump is the GOP’s undisputed leader. But he must not interpret his stunning victory as a blank check.
By Matthew Continetti
11.06.24 — U.S. Politics
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When Donald Trump took the oath of office in 2017, his party was divided. Trump had won the 2016 Republican nomination with a plurality of the vote. His own vice president had opposed him in the primary. Both the Republican speaker of the House and the Republican Senate majority leader were Trump critics. After hearing him speak of American carnage in h…

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Matthew Continetti
Matthew Continetti is the director of domestic policy studies and the inaugural Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute. His most recent book is The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism (Basic Books, 2022).
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