Divided Republicans point fingers over midterms disaster at one another — and Donald Trump

Towleroad December 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

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New York Daily News

With the midterm elections officially over, Republicans are pointing fingers over their disastrous performance — and the divisive role of former President Donald Trump. Herschel Walker’s loss in the closely watched Georgia Senate run off capped a campaign in which the GOP dramatically failed to engineer a sweeping red wave rebuke of President Joe Biden and the Democrats. Republicans across the political spectrum from MAGA loyalists to “Never Trump” conservatives agree that they flopped. But the party is bitterly divided about who should take the blame for the losses and even more deeply split …

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