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Donald Trump’s cultural and long-term political legacy will be debated for decades. But his legacy for the Republican Party will be tested far sooner than that. He has the power to leave the GOP and the conservative movement intact or disastrously divided. It will all depend on whether Trump runs for president in 2024.
For the good of the country, his party, and himself, he shouldn’t.
It’s true and recognized by people with open minds that Trump catalyzed some overdue policy shifts in Washington while making inroads with crucial voter blocs. But his deficiencies as a candidate and as a leader compromised and in some cases wasted those gains. The only way for the Republican Party to secure and build on those gains is to move on from Trump himself.
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ERIN BURNETT: Tonight Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell mocking President Biden for saying controversial Republican voting laws are quote “The most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
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SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL [R-KY]: What utter nonsense. It would be laugh-out-loud funny if it wasn t so completely and totally irresponsible. Voter I.D. protections are supported by majorities of white Americans, black Americans, and Hispanic Americans, but president Biden calls these things, quote, “A 21st century Jim Crow assault.” One big lie after another.
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BURNETT: Out front now, Democratic State Representative Celia Israel of Texas, one of the lawmakers who fled Texas for Washington even though she was supposed to get married tomorrow, but instead she s in Washington to try to stop the vote on the controversial Republican elections bill. So Representative Israel, thanks for being with me. So, Leader McConnell,
Texas House Speaker says he ll charter a plane back to Austin for Democrats who fled to Washington to stop Republicans passing election legislation
Dade Phelan, the Speaker of the House in Texas, will keep a charter plane on standby in Washington, DC on Saturday so Democrats can return home
Phelan on Wednesday demanded that the runaway Democrats forfeit their $221-a-day allowance
The 58 representatives and nine senators now in Washington are receiving a total of $14,807 per day
Chris Turner, one of the 58 representatives, said he expects most of his colleagues to turn down the cash when it is processed at the end of the month
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Top Senate Democrat sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressured lawmakers Thursday to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending measures, signaling Democrats desire to push ahead aggressively on President Joe Biden s multitrillion-dollar agenda.
by Associated Press
Jul. 15 2021 @ 9:13pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to his office as reporters ask about the infrastructure deal reached among Senate Democrats last night, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pressured lawmakers Thursday to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending measures, signaling Democrats desire to push ahead aggressively on President Joe Biden s multitrillion-dollar agenda.