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Published
February 26, 2021

Across U.S., some local Republican leaders use conspiracies, lies to build the base

The bitter, combative rhetoric is helping the officials grow their constituencies on social media and gain outsize influence in their communities, city councils, county boards and state assemblies.
Published
February 17, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Rebel Republicans who rebuke Trump need new, saner party

Relatives call one lawmaker a member of ‘the devil’s army,’ while party officials vilify other apostates.
Published
February 16, 2021

Commentary: Marjorie Taylor Greene is Donald Trump’s true heir

A new breed of politician is loyal not to party but to their own personal ambition.
Published
February 11, 2021

Some Republicans unhappy with Trump want to chart a new course – maybe a new party

Evan McMullin, a former chief policy director to the Republican Conference who challenged Trump as an independent in 2016, helped organize the virtual meeting.
Published
February 3, 2021

Divided House Republicans face decisions on Reps. Greene, Cheney

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Liz Cheney have antagonized opposing wings of the GOP as the party struggles to define itself.
Published
February 2, 2021

Another View: Republicans should renounce sedition

What happened on Jan. 6 demands a reckoning from people like syndicated columnist Marc A. Thiessen.
Published
January 30, 2021

Maine Voices: Why I’m quitting the Republican Party after more than 40 years

The party’s nearly universal support of Donald Trump is a betrayal of every principle of truth, honor, decency and morality I believe in.
Published
January 29, 2021

In fight over Republican Party, state committees stand as firewall for Trump

Trump critics have been pushed out or marginalized, leaving loyalists among their ranks.
Published
January 27, 2021

Republican Party to stay neutral should Trump seek White House again

'I’m not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024,' RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says.
Published
January 27, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Imposter behind the curtain is gone, but Republicans still lost in Land of Oz

Neither a violent attack on the government itself nor a direct threat to their own lives is enough to get a groundswell of lawmakers in the party to do the right thing.