Sen. Mitt Romney counseled Republicans to work with Democrats in the coming Congress to slow inflation by curtailing spending on Medicare and Social Security.
Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Thermo Fisher Scientific's Ogden facility on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.The Republican Party, staring at the worst midterm performance by a party out of power in two decades, traded recriminations Friday over whether the ultimate cause was poor candidates, an overheated message or the electoral anchor that appeared to be dragging the GOP down, former President Donald Trump.
“As a party, we found ourselves consistently navigating the power struggle between Trump and anti-Trump factions of the party, mostly within the donor class,” Paul Cordes, chief of staff for the Michigan Republican Party, wrote in a memo Thursday. Jason Miller, who is helping to organize Trump’s expected announcement next week that he will again seek the presidency, went on Steve Bannon’s internet radio show Friday and issued a veiled threat toward Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the man who wants to be House speaker and whom Trump has called “my Kevin.” If McCarthy wants the gavel, Miller said, “he must be much more declarative that he supports President Trump” in 2024.
“We are all disappointed that a red wave failed to materialize, and there are multiple reasons it did not,” they wrote. “We need to have serious discussions within our conference as to why and what we can do to improve our chances in 2024.” The criticism lands as Republicans face a trajectory-altering decision: whether to continue to align behind Trump as the undisputed head of the party or to look to new leadership. Trump has signaled that he intends to force the issue by formally declaring next week that he will run for the White House again in 2024.
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