The following article by David Weigel, Robert Costa and Seung Min Kim was posted on the Washington Post website June 13, 2018:
Fiercely and undeniably, the Republican Party this week confirmed its rebranding as the party of Trump.
Buoyed by a late Tuesday presidential tweet, voters in South Carolina cast out Rep. Mark Sanford, a firmly conservative member of Congress who had survived earlier scandal, in favor of a state legislator who had condemned Sanford for publicly criticizing the president. In Virginia, Republicans nominated for senator a Trump-like candidate with a history of embracing, as the president has, Confederate symbols and white nationalists. Continue reading “Republicans embrace the ‘cult’ of Trump, ignoring warning signs”