The Republicans, meanwhile, are an unfathomable train wreck. Led by two-time President Donald Trump and energized by a band of nihilistic zealots in the House of Representatives, the party stands for little more than causing trouble. Traditional Republican leaders are aghast at what the party has become. Two-time Republican Attorney General William Barr, for example, said, “I think the historic problem we have is that Trump is a demagogue who is turning part of the Republican Party into a howling mob. And they have to start considering that acting just from impulsive anger and fury is not the
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