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“Are the Republicans going the way of the Whigs?” 

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During U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term, this question was asked a lot. The answer then: No. 

But one year into his second term, it’s worth revisiting the question, not so much because the answer is different this time, but because the question illuminates how much our politics have changed in the last decade.  

Just in case you forgot, the Whigs were one of the two major American parties from the 1830s to the mid-1850s. We’ll return to them in a moment. 

A decade ago, the conversation about the Whigs centred on the fact that Trump divided his party. Republican politicians — most notably Senators Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker — would periodically defy or criticize the Trump White House. 

More relevant, members of the non-MAGA Republican establishment in Congress and in the White House itself........

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