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Though President Trump is out of office, his power over the GOP isn't going away.
As Trumpism takes over the GOP, it's time for centrists to make a break.
Under President Biden, centrists disaffected by the GOP can find a home in the Democratic Party.
Nick Pasternak is a Vice President at Firehouse Strategies. Before that, he served as the speechwriter for U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) and worked on numerous Republican campaigns, including Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential campaign.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
The impeachment trial of former President Trump should be a perfect exit ramp for the Republican Party. After five years of being captive to Trump's divisive rhetoric, conspiracies, and ethno-populism, the Republican Party could convict Trump for his obvious offenses and use the opportunity to build a worthy post-Trump GOP.
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President Trump will leave the White House for good this week just before Joe Biden is inaugurated Wednesday.
Are Calmer Days Ahead? Or Is A Storm Brewing?
It was another busy news week, and somehow we're wondering: Is this the crest of the wave or are we still in the calm before storm?
It's pretty insane to think that the "calm" might include 1. President Trump's second impeachment and 2. Such high levels of coronavirus transmission in the Charlotte area that Mecklenburg County's public health director has recommended sticking to virtual options whenever possible for the next three weeks.
In the meantime, we're all still learning to live with a COVID-19 surge, with a new more easily transmissible strain expected to take hold in the U.S. that could lead to overwhelming the health care system more than it has been already. In South Carolina, one coroner is worried she'll run out of morgue space, as WFAE's Sarah Delia reported. And just Friday, Gov. Henry McMaster asked hospitals to cut down on elective procedures because COVID-19 is straining the system.
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On December 14, 2020, the United States
imposed sanctions on the Republic of Turkey's
Presidency of Defense Industries ("SSB"), the
country's defense procurement agency, and four senior officials
at the agency, for knowingly engaging in a "significant
transaction" with Rosoboronexport ("ROE"),
Russia's main arms export entity, in procuring the S-400
surface-to-air missile system. These measures were a long-time
coming—under
Section 231 of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ("CAATSA") of 2017, the
President has been
required to impose sanctions
on any person determined to have knowingly "engage[d] in a
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On December 14, 2020, the United States imposed sanctions on the Republic of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (“SSB”), the country’s defense procurement agency, and four senior officials at the agency, for knowingly engaging in a “significant transaction” with Rosoboronexport (“ROE”), Russia’s main arms export entity, in procuring the S-400 surface-to-air missile system. These measures were a long-time coming—under Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA”) of 2017, the President has been
required to impose sanctions on any person determined to have knowingly “engage[d] in a significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation.” This includes ROE, and Turkey’s multi-billion dollar S-400 transaction with ROE has been public knowledge for at least three years. Indeed, in 2017, we forecasted that the deal would “test both the power of [Section 231]’s deterrence and potentially Congress’s patience.”
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