Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Republican Dysfunction Will Be on the 2022 Ballot

Parties usually shed presidential losers before midterm elections. Trump makes this one politically unique.

July 8, 2021 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

One man’s party.
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Six months after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, the Republican Party is a mess. It’s been a mess for a long time; that’s a big part of why it wound up nominating a reality TV show host with serious allegations of fraud and sexual assault lodged against him for president in the first place. It’s in worse shape now.