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Pro-Trump activists in state parties had already censured two senators and several House members who either voted to impeach or convict Trump. While the immediate cause of the fissure was Trump's post-election behaviour, it's the result of a decades-long process by which the Grand Old Party (GOP) unshackled itself from its core conservative principles, as it harnessed itself to opposition and identity politics, exploited white low-income voters' fears of cultural change and economic displacement, and embraced anti-democratic action. Graph: © ZUMA Press / Alamy Stock Photo Donald Trump lost last year's presidential election, but the former President retains his grip on his party and it retains his populist, nativist image, argues B John E. Owens b . [Extracted from the article] |
