Trump pwns the GOP

The GOP is Trump's party now. Deal with it.

President Trump.
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The GOP is President Trump's party now. Republicans are just living in it.

As if we needed more evidence of this clear truth, witness the case of Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), who managed to survive his own very public and humiliating adultery scandal — revealed during his tenure as South Carolina's governor, when Sanford tried to cover up an Argentinian affair with a now legendary excuse of hiking the Appalachian trail — to rebound with a second act as a respected congressman. In the House, Sanford became known for his principled opposition to Trump and his adherence to limited-government orthodoxy. This put him on the wrong side of the president.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.