The GOP will follow Trump anywhere — except out of a foreign war

Suddenly Republican leaders have found their spines

President Trump.
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Maybe Republican elites aren't completely in President Trump's pocket after all.

Yes, they'll give him a pass for equivocating on racism or even stirring up racist grievances. They'll go against long-held free-market principles and let the president conduct his trade wars with little interference. They'll look the other way while his administration separates migrant families at the border, undermines the free press, and violates the most basic constitutional principles. They'll play dumb when he asks foreign countries to interfere in American elections. Hell, they'll even let him insult and defame their families and still they'll work tirelessly to prove their loyalty to him.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a freelance writer who has spent nine years as a syndicated columnist, co-writing the RedBlueAmerica column as the liberal half of a point-counterpoint duo. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic, The Kansas City Star and Heatmap News. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.