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Republicans Campaigned on Fear. America Didn't Buy It.
Many of Donald Trump’s chosen candidates lost, but the Republican Party remains devoted to lies.
Too close?
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The American republic stood on the brink of another descent into Trumpism this week. On Tuesday it stepped back to reconsider its options.
That’s the most salient fact about a midterm election that surprised all but a few brave souls who insisted that, actually, things looked kinda good for the Democratic Party. As Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has discovered, perhaps for the last time, you can flirt with Trumpism only so many times before it devours your moral innards and leaves you like carrion on the roadside.