Publication: Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

At some point, the Republican Party must make it clear that they won’t take another step with the former president and won’t support him if he is—for the third consecutive time—their party’s nominee.

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Another story of American hate has ended with a whimper. Several months ago, American media was abuzz with the claim that white supremacists were targeting historically black colleges and universities with bomb threats. It turns out it was a single teenager.

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Gerald Baker: Publicly breaking bread with a white supremacist and a black fantasist has meaning and consequences. Part of it presumably just represents Mr. Trump’s limitless capacity for hearing people tell him things he wants to hear—whoever they are. Part of it surely is his perceived need for a continuing association with the ugliest elements of the American political spectrum.

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He presented his judgment as beyond reproach, while consistently flip-flopping and silencing dissent.

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Both men cast themselves as saviors. Yet both deceived and exploited their supporters.

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Walking away from the presidency is like giving up the car keys because you’re too old to drive safely.

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Karl Rove: He applauds himself and promises more of the same. But voters want something new.

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Last week’s elections showed that clinging to 2020 election denial, as Mr. Trump has, is a loser’s game. Republicans who took this line to win his endorsement nearly all lost. The country showed it wants to move on, but Mr. Trump refuses—perhaps because he can’t admit to himself that he was a loser. Mr. Trump will carry all of that baggage and more into a 2024 race.

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They’re in trouble if GOP voters respond to the midterms by wising up and shunning his craziness.

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Peggy Noonan: If they aren’t serious about policy, they’ll nominate Trump in 2024 and lose a fourth straight election.

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He has now flopped in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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A huge re-election victory vindicates his pandemic policies.

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The party is in the grip of an ideology that believes the entire constitutional construct is illegitimate.

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They oppose his takeover of Twitter for the simple reason that they want to silence conservative views.

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Almost half of mail ballots in Pennsylvania have already been cast.

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Washington spends billions on shots nobody wants.

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Its decision to include Covid-19 shots in children’s schedules is based on far-too-flimsy evidence.

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Kari Lake has adopted a simple and successful strategy: Be genuine, focus on real issues, and show some spunk. That’s a recipe for Republican triumph.

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The message of work and opportunity appeals to this disproportionately middle-class minority.

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The Democrats’ war on themselves may produce a Republican victory for the first time since 1982.

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Peggy Noonan: The accusation that stings isn’t about abortion or even hypocrisy. It’s that he abandoned his children.

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Why is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez telling Yeshiva University how to run its affairs? The socialist congresswoman, along with five other New York Democrats representing the state, sent a letter to Yeshiva’s president, Rabbi Ari Berman, on Sept. 23 to express their support for students suing to form an LGBT club at the Orthodox Jewish university.

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If Democrats won’t compromise on issues like immigration and cultural values, they’ll lose working-class voters for good.

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New York’s AG found her defendants first, then looked for evidence to charge them with something.