'Don't focus on Trump,' you say. This is why you're wrong
The Republicans' inability to shun Paul Gosar shows that Trump isn't just in the past, plus more from the week in Opinion.
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The Republicans' inability to shun Paul Gosar shows that Trump isn't just in the past, plus more from the week in Opinion.
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Print Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, May 15, 2021. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion. Two weeks ago, judging by your emails, I upset a number of readers by writing this in the newsletter: “At best, today’s Republican Party is a dwindling reactionary faction bereft of workable ideas; at worst, it is a nationalist, race-baiting, Trumpist sect that threatens American democracy.” The observation then was pegged to news that the movement to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom had gathered enough signatures to force an election, but now it applies just as neatly to ...