What is the future of the Republican Party?

Archy1221 said:
Ms. Stefanik had indicated to lawmakers that she doesn’t plan to remain in leadership in the long term and has her eye on the top committee spots on the House Education and Labor or Intelligence panels.
 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elise-stefanik-elected-to-gop-leadership-replacing-liz-cheney-11620998939
 

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The discussion is about the soul of the Republican Party, and the flashpoint at the moment is replacing Cheney with Stefanik.

You keep saying stuff like "she's just a placeholder" as if that means something. What does that mean in this particular discussion?

It's interesting because on and issue by issue basis, Cheney voted with Trump more often than Stefanik, and GOP opposition to Stefanik comes from those who thought she was far more apt to side with Democrats.  Stefanik simply doubled-down with a full-throated endorsement of Trump, a willingness to support the Big Lie, and a promise to vote party line, earning the direct endorsement of Donald Trump himself.

So for those who pretend to be issues-oriented Republicans; the Republican who is loyal to the issues just lost her influence because she wants the party to break from the irrational path of the Trump cult. She was replaced by someone who proved herself willing to say whatever Trump and his loyalists want her to say, because that's the new GOP.

Republicans being asked to pick a lane actually have two terrible choices. GOP policies continue to be dangerous misrepresentation of what a majority of Americans want, and the additional tenets of Trumpism are literally insane. 

 
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