The G.O.P. has a Donald Trump cash downside. The previous president is dealing with a number of indictments, and preventing these authorized battles hasn’t been low cost. Sadly for Trump — and the Republican Get together — large donors have observed and are dropping curiosity in filling the G.O.P.’s draining coffers. Meaning hassle for states like Michigan and Arizona, that are in determined want of occasion cash for down-ballot races.
On this audio essay, the Opinion politics correspondent Michelle Cottle makes the argument that the Republican Get together wants a greater, extra steady chief to information it by means of this monetary disaster and that Trump just isn’t that chief.
(A full transcript of this audio essay will probably be obtainable inside 24 hours of publication within the audio participant above.)
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