Balloon Juice | Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: The GOP Death Cult Adherents Are Already Turning On Each Other
@JaySinWA: The current lineup of trumpers versus establishment is similar to divisions I’ve seen in the Virginia GOP. That’s been going on for a decade now. Highlights have included the defeat of Eric Cantor by tea partier Dave Brat in 2014. Two Chamber of Commerce-type Republican Congressmen, Robert Hurt (VA-5) and Scott Rigell (VA-2) retired the next cycle. I suspect that they both decided that returning to their prosperous businesses was preferable to kissing tea party just to be renominated. Rigell’s seat is now held by Democrat Elaine Luria. Hurt’s 5th District seat is still in R...
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