Question and answer: What is the nature of the disputes within the US Republican Party and what influence does Trump have on it?

The words of US President Joe Biden, in which he mentioned that the Republican Party is witnessing a “small revolution”, referring to the disagreements regarding the party’s stance towards former President Donald Trump, raised the surprise of Republican officials who have contacted Al Jazeera Net.

Biden said, “I am a Democrat a long time ago, we went through stages of internal battles and differences, but I do not remember anything similar” to what is happening inside the Republican Party, adding that he does not understand what happened to the Republicans. Read also America .. doubts about the success of the attempts to defect from the Republican Party The American Republican Party is looking for a way out of its political crisis Biden’s comments about a “small revolution” open a debate about the future of the Republican Party and Trump’s influence within it

Debates raged within the party, especially regarding the fate of Republican Representative Liz Cheney, who had voted in favor of accusing Trump of “inciting the revolt,” and did not stop attacking Trump, and repeated her demands for Republicans to get rid of Trump’s burden and his political legacy.

Al-Jazeera Net presents, through a question and an answer, the nature of the internal disputes in the Republican Party regarding Trump’s role in leading the party and the party’s ideological and political orientations, and who leads the opposing trend to Trump, and could a split within the party occur?

What is the nature of the disputes arising in the Republic?

Since Republican Representative Liz Cheney voted last January on the side of Democrats calling for the removal of former President Donald Trump for his role in pushing his supporters to storm the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the ratification of the recent presidential elections, attacks and counterattacks between Cheney and the most senior Republican members have not stopped. To Trump.

The Republicans plan to vote to remove Cheney and withhold confidence from her, as she occupies the third important position in the Republican Party, especially as it continues to demand the party to review its position in favor of Trump, and warns that history will hold the accomplices accountable in favor of supporting the former president.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney has also been subject to growing anger at the electoral rules over the position of opponent of Trump, and Romney voted to remove Trump from office last year, and Romney is asking Republicans to turn the page on Trump and look to the future without him.

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Is there a role for Trump currently in the Republican Party?

Trump does not hold any position in the party in an official capacity, but since the suspension of his social media accounts, he has been issuing statements expressing his political positions. Trump said – in a statement issued last Wednesday – that Liz Cheney “has no right” to be in the leadership of the Republican Party, and that he supports choosing Elise Stephanic as her replacement.

Top House Republican leaders, such as Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Coordinator Steve Scales, are wooing Trump to support the party’s candidates in the 2022 congressional elections.

Four months after leaving the White House, Trump is the most popular Republican among the party’s electoral bases.

And a “Galboun” poll conducted at the end of last month stated that 44% of Republicans support Trump and are influenced by his views and positions on the congressional candidates.

A special election round for a vacant seat in the House of Representatives in Texas reflected the extent of Trump’s influence, as the candidate supported by the former president won the most votes, before resorting to a run-off with other Republican candidates who were also supported by Trump, while the Republican candidates who were opposed by Trump did not achieve any. Successes in the largest republican state.

What is the position of the party leaders on Trump?

Following the storming of the Capitol on January 6, most Republican Party leaders in the House and Senate attacked President Trump in one way or another. Since Biden came to power on the 20th of the same month, Republicans have stopped talking negatively about Trump, especially as he continues to enjoy wide popularity among the Republican electoral bases, as well as his superior ability to raise funds for the party’s candidates

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Will Trump give up the Republican Party?

Trump confirmed that he had no intention of seceding from the Republicans, or establishing a new political party, as some commentators had expected. He described reports that he was considering establishing a third party as “fake news”, and claimed that the Republican party is united, but Trump also could not resist naming all A Republican voted to be impeached, including many who are already facing primaries within the party soon, and have pledged to get rid of them all.

Are there leaders of the Republic competing with Trump?

The answer is no, there is no Republican leadership whose popularity approaches Trump’s popularity despite his role in storming the Capitol building and his ban on social media. None of the Republicans with presidential ambitions yet have the courage to declare their desire to run in the elections, and are waiting for President Trump himself to stand up for the 2024 election. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he is only interested in running for the presidency if Trump does not run.

Trump sent messages reflecting his desire to run for the presidential race in 2024, but he did not confirm this,

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Will a split occur between the Republicans?

No one imagines this on a large scale, and many Republican leaders believe that the party is united in the face of Biden’s radical policies, as they describe them, and they assert that their most important goal is to control Congress in the 2022 elections in order to impede Biden and his left-wing allies from adopting policies that harm Americans.

What are the most important issues that are currently preoccupying Republicans?

The main preoccupation for Republicans now is how they can gain control of the House and Senate in next year’s elections.

Republicans are trying to derail President Joe Biden’s plans to reform US infrastructure and his plans to support American families and create jobs. Republicans are stirring their desire to control Congress last year in order to stop what they see as radical policies such as raising taxes, raising the minimum wage, blocking plans to reform health care programs, and immigration issues.

Republicans indicate their desire to put “America first” policies – promoted by the former president – on the agenda of political action despite Trump’s exit from the White House, especially as they repeat that there are

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How did the Republicans respond to Biden’s suggestion that there was a civil war within their party?

Republicans ridiculed Biden’s words, and saw the fact that the partisan war is taking place between traditional and leftist currents in an attempt to control the Democratic Party’s agenda.

Republican commentators believed that what the party is currently witnessing is nothing but a re-adaptation to a new reality after the end of their control of the White House, and the presence of a former president who was very popular among Republican voters.