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Political Experts Predict Democrats Will Fight the Ghost of Donald Trump Amid GOP Infighting
On 1/29/21 at 7:28 PM EST
Former President Donald Trump left the White House more than a week ago, but his presence is still strongly felt among politicians in Washington, D.C.
When President Joe Biden was elected to replace Trump last November, he entered office as a lifelong politician with a history of working across the aisle with his Republican colleagues. Now that Biden is leading his party from the Oval Office, political experts told
Newsweek his path to pursue new legislation through Congress is made difficult by a slim Democratic majority and a splintered GOP that hasn t yet figured out what it wants the post-Trump era to look like.
Trump Advocates To Pressure Republican Senators Ahead Of Impeachment Trial
With Donald Trump simpeachment trial scheduled to begin on February 8, there is a clear divide amongst Senate Republicans over convicting the former president of inciting a riot ahead of the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Seventeen Republicans would be required to vote in favor of impeachment with Democrats to ensure his conviction. According to a report by
The Hill, Trump still has many political supporters in Congress who have been involved in a campaign to pressure wavering senators.
The biggest threat facing members of the GOP who break with Trump is a primary challenge, something that could be potentially career-ending if he continues to retain the support of his base while out of politics. Victories in the January Senate runoff races for Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are credited in part to Trump s inability to fully back the GOP candidates and focus more on pushing f