The Wall St. Journal breaks from the MAGA GOP which may have some effect on donors and, therefore, Republican politicians:
The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board is warning Republicans that they may pay a political price for letting Donald Trump rip up a deal to beef up border security measures and provide more aid to Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Punchbowl News reported that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had told his colleagues that they were in a “quandary” because Trump opposes the deal and the caucus doesn’t want to do anything to “undermine” the likely Republican presidential nominee.
The Journal submitted that following Trump’s command “would be a self-inflicted wound.”
“President Biden would claim, with cause, that Republicans want border chaos as an election issue rather than solving the problem,” argued its editors. “Voter anger may over time move from Mr. Biden to the GOP, and the public will have a point. Cynical is the only word that fits Republicans panning a border deal whose details aren’t even known.”
They’re worried that they’re going to lose their tax cuts which is apparently even more important than the excellent economy they are experiencing under Biden. Priorities.
This crack in the coalition with money on one side and racist fear-mongers on the other is always there but this time it may just break wide open, at least on this issue. GOP pols are caught in the middle. We’ll have to see which side they believe their bread is buttered on.