It’s proof, says Aftergut, that there are at least 25 Republicans who refuse to be “intimidated by Donald Trump, Fox News’s Sean Hannity or uber-MAGA media personality Steve Bannon.”
Trump and his lieutenants backed Jordan and tried to pressure and intimidate the 25 to do the same.
These sorts of tactics had always worked in the past, but not this time.
In fact, Aftergut writes, “Trumpist attempts to use politically murderous tactics had an effect opposite the one intended.”
Perhaps such resistance will become a habit, Aftergut writes, hopefully.
In the meantime, chaos will continue to dominate the House GOP, so “look for the House to continue headless in the short term, and for Congress to remain unable to attend to the needs of Americans or to a world in crisis.”
But the courage of those 25 Republicans offers “a faint glimmer of hope that some ground has been prepared for the growth of a party again ready to govern.”
“Only time will tell whether this is a turning point, or a singular break from the GOP’s fealty to Trumpism,” Aftergut concludes. “But it’s at least a start.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
