Sessions’ confirmation and the Elizabeth Warren fiasco show: Donald Trump and Steve Bannon are as much a part of the Republican party’s fabric as obsolete stalwarts
Donald Trump has often been painted as being at odds with the Republican party. Hillary Clinton once declared that Trump was “taking despise groups mainstream, and helping a radical fringe occupy over the Republican party”. But the Republican party has always been radical – and now we are seeing that radicalism writ large.
The confirmation of Jeff Sessions to the position of attorney general – as well as the silencing of Elizabeth Warren in the Senate – showed that Donald Trump and Steve Bannon are as much a part of the Republican party’s fabric as Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan.
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Source: theguardian.com