President Donald Trump is showing little sign of becoming a lame duck inside the Republican Party, even as the GOP braces for difficult midterm elections.
That dynamic was on full display this week after five Indiana Republican state senators lost primaries to Trump-backed challengers. The lawmakers were targeted for bucking Trump’s push for mid-decade redistricting aimed at boosting the GOP’s chances of holding the U.S. House of Representatives.
Most presidents lose political leverage in their second term. Trump, at least for now, appears to be gaining it.
“The MAGA movement is Donald Trump’s own creation,” said Gregg Keller, a GOP strategist who runs Lone Star Liberty PAC, which supports Attorney General Ken Paxton’s primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
“He understands that coalition and those voters better than anyone else in American politics, and when he takes a political course of action that is in line with his political base, he is
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