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WSJ editorial board gives GOP a reality check: 'Grievances of the Trump past' are a losing formula for Republicans
March 02, 2021
Anyone who doubts that Trumpism remains the dominant ideology of the Republican Party need only watch the speeches from the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, which concluded in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, February 28. From Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to former President Donald Trump himself, the event seldom strayed from its Culture War theme. The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board analyzes the event in an editorial published on March 1, warning that if Trumpist "grievance" is going to be Republicans' main focus in the months ahead, the GOP is in trouble.
"The CPAC crowd cheered (Trump's) speech, which was largely a collection of greatest political hits," the WSJ's editorial board observes. "But if CPAC represented America, Mr. Trump would still reside in the White House, not Mar-a-Lago. He lost to Joe Biden, the old Democratic war horse, by 7 million votes. He also lost five states he carried in 2016, even Georgia. That's the cold GOP reality as the former president seeks to dominate the party from exile and tease a 2024 comeback."
<p>During his CPAC 2021 speech, the WSJ's editorial board notes, Trump "laid out his political enemies list and is clearly bent on revenge against anyone who voted to impeach or convict him or disagrees with his election claims" — and those "intra-party fights" will "sap GOP energy and resources when their priority now should be retaking Congress in 2022."<br/></p><p>"Republicans lost the House in 2018 as suburban voters fled to check Mr. Trump," the WSJ editorial board points out. "He proceeded to lose the White House on November 3, and he cost the GOP two Georgia Senate races on January 5 as he made his claims of election fraud the main issue rather than checking Mr. Biden and Nancy Pelosi. Mr. Trump essentially told his Georgia supporters their votes didn't matter, and many stayed home. The GOP lost the Senate."</p><p>The WSJ wraps up its editorial by stressing that Trumpist "grievances" are not a winning formula for the Republican Party in 2022 or 2024.</p><p>"Mr. Trump's base of support means he will play an important role in the GOP," the WSJ editorial board writes. "But as the Biden months roll on and the policy consequences of the 2020 defeat become stark, perhaps the Party's grassroots will begin to look past the Trump era to a new generation of potential standard-bearers. As long as Republicans focus on the grievances of the Trump past, they won't be a governing majority."</p>
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WATCH LIVE: FBI director Chris Wray testifies before Congress for first time since the Capitol riot
March 02, 2021
FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for a hearing on the January 6th insurrection and domestic terrorism threats.
"Unfortunately, the FBI appears to have taken steps in recent years that minimize the threat of white supremacist and far-right violence, a grave concern that some of us have raised with you on numerous occasions in recent years," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and several Democratic members in a joint statement.
<p> "Additional reporting suggests that the FBI, at the behest of Trump appointees, diverted resources to investigate left-wing movements at the expense of adequately addressing the threat of violence by white supremacists and other right-wing extremists," they added. "These reports raise serious concerns about whether the FBI is allocating law enforcement and intelligence resources in a manner that reflects the scale of the threat posed by violent white supremacists, whom DHS has called 'the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland.'"</p><p>The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Watch live video below:</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will be slapping Russia with a fresh round of economic sanctions over its poisoning and imprisoning of dissident leader Alexei Navalny.
According to the Washington Post, "the sanctions block access to financial or other assets in the United States for top figures around Russian President Vladimir Putin."
<p>The Biden administration has signaled that it will be taking a tougher stance against Russia after multiple previous administrations, including the Obama administration and the Trump administration, tried to build a friendlier relationship with the Kremlin.</p>
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