it s also are a rejection of what mcauliffe has done. he has tried to make this all about trump and youngkin has tried to make it about virginia issues. ron, same question. look, i think i turn it around and look from the demand side, i guess. there is no question donald trump is the dominant figure in the republican party. the trump faction is the largest faction in the republican party by three quarters or four fifths of the party is in line with what he is doing. there is a quarter of republican voters uneasy with everything donald trump has done, particularly since the election, and who view many of his actions as a threat to american democracy. if trumpism is going to be curbed in the republican party, those voters have to exact a price on other republican candidates. if in fact to use scott s phrase, if they kind of revert back to voting for a orun of th mill conservative republican who nonetheless is winking at
the party is in line with what he is doing but there is about a fifth who are uneasy with everything donald trump has done, particularly since the election and who view many of his actions as a threat to american democracy. if trumpism is going to be curved in the republican party, those voters have to exact a price on other republican candidates. if, in fact, to use scott s phrase, if they if they kind of revert back to voting for a run of the mill conservative republican who, nonetheless, is winking at trump s claims of fraud and signaling that they will enable, rather than confront trump, there is simply going to be no incentive for the party to try and move away from trump. if they feel they can get the best of both worlds. if they can get the trump turnout, the turnout among the trump base and also hold and even win back suburbanites who are uneasy about trump. any effort to stop trump in the party is going to be very, very difficult. in some ways, this comes back to those repub