"The Republican Party is increasingly at war with itself, which doesn't bode well for its effort to prevent another election-day wipeout like it experienced earlier this month in off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and California. Republicans ostensibly won the government shutdown fight, but they did so by blocking an extension of broadly popular tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. Millions of Americans now face spiking health care premiums, and the president's party is splintered over how to respond."
"Republican Representative Thomas Massie, who has frequently sparred with Trump over Epstein and other matters, this week shrugged off the president's efforts to unseat him in his safely Republican Kentucky district. "I'm winning. He's losing," Massie said. Even the party's typically mild-mannered congressional leaders - House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune - are at odds, with Thune more willing to buck Trump."
President Donald Trump's efforts to steer a compliant Republican Congress have faltered following multiple setbacks. He capitulated to fellow Republicans' demands to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, saw his $2,000 stimulus proposal receive a chilly reception on Capitol Hill, and triggered intra-party debate over midterm campaign priorities and affordability messaging. Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign in January after a public spat with the president, narrowing the Republican majority. The party remains fractured after recent off-year election losses. Republicans won the shutdown fight but did so by blocking extensions of ACA tax credits, driving up health premiums and deepening internal divisions.
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