>"The former president’s stranglehold on the party is emerging as a serious threat to the GOP’s otherwise bright prospects in November."

>"America's running political conversation defaults to the sitting president. Today, Joe Biden's legislative struggles, pandemic management and weak approval rating drown out most everything else."

>"Democrats could not look any more vulnerable in the 2022 midterm elections, but Republicans are showing every day just how easily the GOP could torpedo its political chances next year."

This is also a great way to alienate swing voters while keeping your base home because if you think the election is fixed you won’t show up to vote. Great way to nationalize what happened in the Georgia runoffs.

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/07/politics/donald-trump-republican-politics-joe-biden/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/07/politics/donald-trump-republican-politics-joe-biden/index.html) >"Donald Trump has left the White House, but the Republican Party just can't quit his stunt politics."