Nticlimactic Votes News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The Atlantic
The modern Republican Party does not tolerate criticism of its once and current leader.
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty
One of the many Republican principles that Donald Trump obliterated was what was known as Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.” Like several of the stone-tablet dictates (the prohibitions on committing adultery and bearing false witness come to mind), this directive was lightly followed and rarely enforced politics is a rough sport. But Reagan’s edict served the purpose of keeping internal GOP disputes from getting out of hand. Candidates and party leaders (including a former vice president named Dick Cheney) regularly used the line as a way to de-escalate intraparty fights. ....

United States , Mitch Mcconnell , Kevin Mccarthy , Adam Kinzinger , Washington Post , House Or Senate , House Republicans , Seven Republicans , Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy , Illinois Democrats , Dick Cheney , Donald Trump , Republican Principles , Party Leaders , Representative Liz Cheney , Ronald Reagans 11th Commandment , Nternal Gop Disputes , Fellow Republican , House Republicans , Epublican Voters , Washington Post , Nticlimactic Votes , Gop Lawmakers , Fellow Republicans , Party Leader , Policy Areas ,