Trump Primary Push Could Create A Short-Term GOP Congress Problem
May 21, 2026·about 1 hour ago·via The Hill
Trump’s effort to shape primaries could deliver loyal nominees, but it may also leave Republicans with short-term headaches on Capitol Hill. That is the tradeoff when party purity battles collide with the need to keep a governing majority together. Conservatives like discipline, but Washington is full of math, and math does not care about messaging. The question is whether the gains in the base outweigh the losses in Congress. Read more about this...