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There are Republican institutionalists, but the Republican institutionalists are largely too afraid to do anything about it,
This Republican Party is not the Republican Party of 2010,
said Daniel Schuman, a Congress expert and the Executive Director of the American Governance Institute Trump has a much stronger grip on the Republican Party than he did in 2016,
said Ryan Williams, a Republican strategist who worked on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run, noting that It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice. When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag.”
Asked about the cost of his plan, he said We obviously have to make the border strong and powerful and, and we have to — at the same time, we want people to come into our country,
He will hold on to the party as long as he is still alive,
said a longtime Republican operative who, like others who were interviewed, was granted anonymity to speak freely about what might come next for the party Huckabee Sanders has bona fides in Trump world, is a rock star on the campaign trail, and with a party hunting for women — and one of the best campaigns in the party — will be in her second term as a popular governor,
a longtime Republican Party lobbyist and consultant said A Trump win means [the 2028] field will be slower to develop,
a longtime Republican operative said Trump is the most transformative political figure since Ronald Reagan. ... I do believe he has permanently transformed the Republican Party and the overall national political landscape,
said a Republican lobbyist and fundraiser who has raised money for Trump It will need to be someone with enough Trump street cred but also dynamic communicators who have mastered retail politics and can raise a bunch of money,
a swing-state Republican operative said The Never Trump Republicans are gone; they are all now Democrats. The hold-your-nose Republicans will be firmly in the new Republican Party. And Reagan Democrats and union workers are now the base of the Republican Party.”
A longtime swing-state Republican operative said JD has impressed. He had a shaky start, but he has steadied himself,
a veteran Republican operative said I know it’s noisy out there,
Haley said last month at a rally near Pittsburgh for the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania We are getting four more years of Trump and then eight years of JD Vance!”
Trump Jr. said last week as he campaigned for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno Why would anyone give money to him after 2024?”
asked a Republican member of Congress 2026 midterms will be key,
