In November, Republicans won back control of the House with a narrow majority. Since then, all eyes have been on the GOP, who have been plagued by in-house fighting as the chance of Donald Trump being president again has divided them. GOP leaders have warned that they want Trump to walk the line and put his party above his own interests. Trump left a trail of destruction in his wake. Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are poised to take him on next year. Even if Trump isn’t elected, should we be concerned about a Republican victory?
Rachel Bitecofer and Karen Hunter discuss.
About Rachel Bitecofer
Rachel Bitecofer is a political scientist who graduated magna cum laude with honors from the University of Oregon, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned her Ph.D. in political science and international affairs from the University of Georgia. In 2015 she became a lecturer at Christopher Newport University and assistant director of the Wason Center for Public Policy, where she conducted polling. She later went on to work for the Niskanen Center, a centrist think tank in Washington, D.C. Bitecofer’s analysis has appeared on multiple media platforms, including MSNBC and The New York Times. She is the author of the 2017 book “The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election” on the election of Donald Trump and runs a podcast titled “The Election Whisperer” hosted by Substack. Today she runs Strike Pac, a liberal super PAC.
