GOP Veers Toward Years of Feuding as Trump Grip Starts to Crack
- Some in GOP vote to impeach president for inciting riot
- Fight is between populist and governing factions in the party
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President Donald Trump’s iron grip over the Republican Party slipped on Wednesday, as a small but vocal group of his fellow party members -- including No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney -- voted to impeach him in a historic rebuke that drew battle lines in the coming war for the soul of the GOP.
As the party plots a course to regain control of Congress in two years -- and the White House in 2024 -- some senior elected officials see value in purging its once-unquestioned leader.