Donald Trump is out of office, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of power within the Republican Party.
The former president laid out his vision for the party — and made clear he calls the shots — as he reemerged onto the political scene at the conservative CPAC convention.
Trumpworld tells @mikeallen the former president's CPAC speech will have a clear message: I am (still) the Republican Party https://t.co/WW31dqJ1zX
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 22, 2021
Republicans have made clear they’re still with Trump, and that crossing him, as North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr did with his impeachment vote, comes with consequences.
But does sticking with Trump carry its own set of consequences?
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Paul Shumaker, Raleigh-based Republican strategist
Henry Olsen, Washington Post columnist; senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (@henryolsenEPPC)
Gabby Orr, POLITICO, national political correspondent covering the post-Trump Republican Party (@GabbyOrr_)
