Financial Times: Republicans are drifting further toward Trumpism over time

Financial Times (said the Financial Times British) The Republican Party in the United States has become a holding attributes religious group special, and that despite the passage of six months to defeat Donald Trump in the US presidential election, it is not for any party member challenged can claim the theft of Joe Biden Elections without facing dire consequences as a result.

The newspaper pointed out in its editorial that Republicans who believe they can bury their heads in the sand and wait for the end of the Trump era are deceiving themselves, as the former president is working to strengthen his grip on the party, and does not hide his intention to run for the presidential elections in 2024. Read also Biden’s comments about a “small revolution” open a debate about the future of the Republican Party and Trump’s influence within it Trump accounts continue to be blocked on social media Facebook’s review board decision on Trump’s ban did not satisfy anyone

The newspaper criticized Republican anger at the decision taken by Facebook’s board of directors this week to continue blocking Trump’s account on its digital platform, a decision that the party considered as part of a culture of canceling dissenting votes.

The Financial Times explained that the blocking of Trump’s account on the famous social networking site came against the background of his incitement by the mob who attacked Capitol Hill on January 6, in an incident that is the most serious threat to American democracy since the civil war, and that Trump’s language has become more dangerous since then Time.

The price of deviating from Trump’s opinion

The newspaper pointed to the price paid by conservatives committed to principles contrary to Trump’s views, and one of the most recent examples of this is politician Liz Cheney, the third Republican member of the House of Representatives, who reminded party members that last year’s elections were legitimate and that the attack on Congress was part of the riots.

She said that Cheney will almost certainly be removed from her post next week because of this position, and this has nothing to do with ideology, as she is one of the most conservative figures in the House of Representatives.

She is due to be replaced by party member Elise Stefanek, who is considered a more moderate but has an impeccable record of echoing Trump’s views, including his opinion on the fraud in the last presidential

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The Financial Times said that Cheney’s courage to express her opinion will cost her influence in the party and her position in the Wyoming area in which she lives for the benefit of a Trump loyalist, and that other Republican members of other principles, including Adam Kinzinger, Representative in Illinois, are also at risk.

The newspaper pointed out that Trump is threatening his party’s hopes to regain control of Congress in the midterm elections next year, and the presidential elections two years later.

Although he lost the presidential election, the Republican Party performed much better in the non-presidential election, and the votes of millions of voters who had voted for Biden were gone to the Republicans in that election.

The newspaper’s editorial concluded that Trump is the Democrats ’biggest gain, as he occupies his party to search for heretics in its ranks, and leaves the square as Biden’s cell unchallenged.