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Is Taking On Trump Too Risky for Republicans?
Jonathan Bernstein’s morning links.
Can one tweet do it?
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The big primary news on Tuesday was the defeat of Republican Congressman Mark Sanford. It’s a good opportunity to repeat one of my favorite themes: how a party’s interpretation of an election matters, whether the interpretation is correct or not.
Why did Sanford lose? Everybody knows: It’s because Sanford has been critical of President Donald Trump. As the Washington Post put it, “Sanford founders in South Carolina after critical tweet from Trump.”