Its failure to govern, to enact the most basic parts of its platform, at least thus far, is not a sign of incompetence but incoherence. (Asked in May 2017 what the Republican Party stands for, Nebraska GOP Senator Ben Sasse, replied, “I don’t know.” Asked to describe the Republican Party in one word, Sasse, who has a doctorate in history from Yale, said, “Question mark.” After Senate Republicans failed to deliver on their repeal of Obamacare before the Fourth of July recess in 2017, House Republican Steve Womack of Arkansas was equally blunt and unsparing: “We’ve been given this opportunity to
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