Even in defeat, the embers of Trumpism still burn in the Republican Party

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With President Trump defeated, there is a pivotal question coursing through American politics: What becomes of Trumpism?

Since 2016, that political movement has commandeered the Republican Party and fused White grievances over the nation’s demographic changes with fierce rejection of liberal elites and global engagement.

But more than anything else, Trumpism has united millions under the impulses and ideas of one man: Donald Trump. Now that its titular head has lost the election, the movement faces volatility and a political vacuum. Continue reading.