President Donald Trump has consolidated his control over the Republican Party, no matter what the final result is in the presidential race, because he has performed far better than expected, Axios reported on Wednesday.
Trump’s appeal was larger than what it was believed to have been, and he even attracted new voters. It appears, as well, that additional numbers of Hispanics voted for the president than they did four years ago.
This puts a hole in the argument that Trump’s victory in 2016 was mainly a repudiation of Hillary Clinton or a fluke or that he would be soundly punished for his handling of the coronavirus.
Trump’s success in overcoming expectations will most likely mean that there will be even fewer GOP officials willing to stand up to him now, according to Axios.
Despite this, Trump did draw criticism from members of his own party for making the false claim in a speech from the White House on Election Night that he had already won a second term. Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, for example, that as “a former U.S. attorney, there's just no basis to make that argument tonight."
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