Jonathan Chait: “Maybe the Senate caucus will actually draw the line somewhere — maybe with Gaetz, maybe with Gabbard and/or Hegseth. But I think the old Republicans will stop this madness. There’s something disconcertingly familiar about the confident but carefully hedged claim. This is exactly what Republicans claim will prevent Trump from winning the nomination in 2015, winning the presidential election in 2016, and regaining control of the party after the humiliating events of January 6th. “I don’t think he’s a serious candidate,” Sen. Murkowski said of Gaetz yesterday. This is a near-exact repeat of what previously elected Republicans have said about Trump. ”
“At every step of the process, Republican elites have thought they could stop Trump later. But when the decisive moment arrives, they realize that the cost of confrontation is higher, not lower. They discovered that making a breakthrough against a man the base has come to admire and worship would endanger not just Trump’s ambitions but their own.
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