{"id":153503,"date":"2021-02-20T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=153503"},"modified":"2021-02-20T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T21:28:32","slug":"republicans-warn-against-moving-away-from-trump-legacy-as-gop-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-warn-against-moving-away-from-trump-legacy-as-gop-moves-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans warn against moving away from Trump legacy as GOP moves forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-warn-against-moving-away-from-trump-legacy-as-gop-moves-forward%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=153503&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2375619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2375619\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2375619 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230692812-1-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for his last time as President on January 20, 2021 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump, the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend his successor&#039;s inauguration, is expected to spend the final minutes of his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Photo by Pete Marovich - Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2375619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One. (Photo by Pete Marovich \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:15 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, February 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>President Trump met with top Republicans to have a \u201cconstructive conversation\u201d over the future of the party. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is expected to meet with the 45th President at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Graham expressed concern that infighting could hurt the party\u2019s shot at regaining the House and Senate majority in 2022. Additionally, mainstream media reports noted a potential&nbsp; \u201crift\u201d within the party between supporters of Trump and establishment Republicans, especially those who voted to convict him during the trial.<\/p>\n<p>This particularly came to a head when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who voted to acquit President Trump, accused him of \u201cdereliction of duty\u201d following the trial. In turn, the 45th President vowed to endorse candidates of his choosing in Senate primaries, regardless of if they line up with McConnell\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>This sparked speculation that a split could be forming within the GOP. However, even Republicans who have been critical of the President rejected this idea as the party seeks to reframe itself within the Trump legacy. Allies of President Trump remain firm in the belief that support for his agenda will help candidates headed into the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md.) was asked about the future of the Republican Party the day after the President\u2019s acquittal. He said he doesn\u2019t think the party can be successful by distancing itself from President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if they really want to win competitive seats in purple states and if they want to win suburban districts, we want to somehow get back the House and Senate, want to win a presidential election\u201d Hogan stated. \u201cThey\u2019re going to have to start building coalitions like we\u2019ve done here in one of the bluest states in the country where you can have a message that appeals to more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) tweeted \u201cestablishment Republicans, if you try to purge Trumpism from the GOP, the base of our party will reject you.\u201d He also noted \u201cAmerica first is the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Establishment Republicans:<\/p>\n<p>If you try to purge Trumpism from the GOP, the base of our party will reject you.<\/p>\n<p>America First is the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1362499700004380673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/02\/16\/republicans-cant-quit-trump-491756\">recent poll<\/a> showed support for President Trump among GOP voters was still strong following his acquittal in the impeachment trial. According to the Politico and Morning Consult survey, 59 percent of Republican respondents supported the idea of President Trump playing a major role in the party going forward.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is set for next week in Orlando, showed it\u2019s firmly in the 45th President\u2019s corner with a line-up of pro-Trump conservative speakers. President Trump himself has been confirmed to speak, as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING \u2013 President Trump will be speaking at CPAC. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OANN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OANN<\/a> will provide full coverage with multiple reporters in Orlando, FL for live coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles (@CharlesPHerring) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlesPHerring\/status\/1363235542255632384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-cotton-details-plan-to-cut-chinese-investment-in-hollywood\/\">Sen. Cotton Details Plan To Cut Chinese Investment In Hollywood<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181263,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230692812-1-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans warn against moving away from Trump legacy as GOP moves forward","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230692812-1-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans warn against moving away from Trump legacy as GOP moves forward","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}