Trump Is Not the Reason the GOP Sputtered in Ohio

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American Greatness
Salena Zito
Aug. 14, 2018

Last week, Republican Troy Balderson struggled to beat Democrat Danny O’Connor in a House special election in suburban Columbus — an Ohio district the GOP has held for decades and President Trump won by 11 percentage points two years ago. (The race—still too close to call with a margin of 1,564 votes—won’t be declared until Aug. 24, when all the absentee ballots have been counted.)

In March, Republican Rick Saccone lost a special election to Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania, another district that voted solidly for Trump.

Both Ohio and Pennsylvania represent the new coalition of Trump voters: Rust Belt states that were expected to swing blue in 2016 but in fact went for the unorthodox billionaire who promised to “Make America Great Again.”

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On this headline I will agree.

If the Republican Party has it's ass handed to it in November, it will not be Trump who deserves the blame (though he has a part to play in motivating the 'rat turnout).

It will be due to the Republican Party itself - which deserves an ignominious defeat - and should never be trusted with power again