 | By Ezekiel Kweku Politics Editor, Opinion |
Is the House Republican vote to remove Liz Cheney from leadership a turning point or merely a signpost? |
Wehner, who served in three Republican administrations, was a consistent critic of Donald Trump — and he's well-placed to take the long view on the evolution of the Republican Party. In Wehner's view, the Cheney vote merely confirmed what should have already been obvious: that "declaring fealty to a lie has become the single most important test of loyalty in today's Republican Party." |
That lie, of course, is the idea that the election was stolen from Trump. |
In the run-up to the election, and in the immediate aftermath, it remained an open question whether a Trump defeat would lead to an about-face from his party. For Wehner, that question seems answered, at least for now. |
Far from turning the page on the Trump era, the Republican Party is tied even more tightly to it, and its leaders have calculated that "breaking with Mr. Trump would so alienate the base of the party that it would make election victories impossible." |
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