{"id":4508,"date":"2021-05-14T12:15:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4508"},"modified":"2021-05-14T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:16:01","slug":"the-gop-and-the-strains-on-the-two-party-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/the-gop-and-the-strains-on-the-two-party-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOP and the strains on the two-party system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" data-attachment-id=\"4509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/the-gop-and-the-strains-on-the-two-party-system\/the-fulcrum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The-Fulcrum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-300x158.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-1024x538.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Fulcrum.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless you were hiding under a rock you heard that Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming was pushed out of her Republican leadership position in the U.S. House of Representatives. Receiving a bit less media attention was the news that 100 members of the Republican Party threatened to disaffiliate from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both instances, the cause of the schisms is the party&#8217;s continued embrace of Donald Trump, and its refusal to hold the former president accountable for sowing distrust in the 2020 election results and stoking protests that culminated in the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol&#8230;.(<a href=\"https:\/\/thefulcrum.us\/big-picture\/two-party-system\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you were hiding under a rock you heard that Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming was pushed out of her Republican leadership position in the U.S. House of Representatives. Receiving a bit less media attention was the news that 100 members of the Republican Party threatened to disaffiliate from it. 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