The real reason the GOP tanked Trump's 'dumbest' grift (opens in new tab)

“It was a nonstarter from the get go,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) told NBC News. But according to Vox, Republican reasoning for opposing the fund may have had less to do with what is right or wrong, but hinged on public perception with the midterms looming. In order to learn why Republicans finally stood up to Trump, Vox “spoke with DC insiders on both sides of the aisle, as well as leading scholars of American politics. They told a fairly consistent story: one in which the awful election year ...