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Fallout from the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead, reached Harvard’s Institute of Politics the following week. On Jan. 12, the bipartisan organization dismissed U.S. Representative Elise M. Stefanik ’06 (R-N.Y.) from its top leadership committee for her baseless claims of voter fraud. The IOP’s move received an array of responses — including praise and criticism. Though Kennedy School Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf stated the decision was nonpartisan, it nonetheless surfaced questions about the commitment of the organization — and Harvard mo...

And said they're leaving. these changes on the margins can have a big impact. >> rick, you were there as it was happening in ted cruz's campaign. cruz, traditional conservative, traditional by 21st century standards, and what used to work in republican primaries just stopped working one day, talking about praising planned parenthood in a south carolina debate. >> it was remarkable, joe. i mean, i felt like i spent the whole primary season warning people of what would happen and my basic argument was that trump has no underlying ideology, he's all about himself. that is born out, that is true. ...

Come up here and vote almost identical to how sanford voted. >> sanford voted in line with the president 73% of the time. he supported the house health care bill in may 2017. he supported the tax bill in december 2017. has an a-ratingm the nra. this tweet went out, "mark sanford losing in south carolina is pretty much proof positive that the gop is not really a conserve party that cares aboud government. it is now fully a cult of personality." >> that dove tails with the quote i gave about mark sanford himself making that observation. he is, if anything, traditional conservative who's been con...

Age from 18 to 21. what do you make of this? >> ideological, he's flexible personally. if you look at his history of discussing politics he has been all over. one thing that surprised us, political reporters covering the primaries was how flexible he was on core republican issues. what we've seen with him in office is that the republican party is strong enough, congressional wing of the republican party has been strong enough to basically reign in all of the views that he had when it comes to things like entitlements and the size of government and tax cuts and, frankly -- and health care. that...

Republicans won't be happy about the defense spending here, but i think it was pragmatic. i think it's a fragmatic decision that donald trump and his administration b don't want. the government shut down, period. so they decided not to fall on sthar swords because they are going to live to fight another day. >> the argument that president trump, he may have rhetorical flourishes, but he's really operating as a ptraditional conservative republican president. what do you say to that? >> i don't know we know that to be true just yet. >> on this deal, i'm working on a a temporary spending bill. he...