Republican candidates heading into the November midterms should feel some relief. For the first time in a long time, they have the justification to clearly break from President Donald Trump on issues with which they disagree.
What has been considered for the past five years to be a betrayal in Republican politics — disagreeing with the president — may now be the only way for GOP hopefuls to win or retain their seats in office.
Under Trump’s second administration, Republicans’ chances of gaining or staying in power have significantly decreased. Just weeks out from the election, control of Congress is at best a toss-up, at worst for Republicans, a blue wave.
Republicans should feel free to cut bait and run from the president’s policies wherever necessary to not just try to save themselves politically, but finally tell voters who they are, what they see as broken the past two years and what they uniquely can do to fix it.
“The war with Iran needs to end, and end quickly,” Michigan’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Mike Rogers, said last week in an ad, after previously defending Trump’s handling of it.