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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 30: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., makes remarks during a roundtable discussion with House Republican ranking members and veterans on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, August 30, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - AUGUST 30: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., makes remarks during a roundtable discussion with House Republican ranking members and veterans on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, August 30, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Where Things Stand: Crenshaw Wants You To Know He’s Not Buying The Gaetz/MTG Act Prime Badge
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12.07.21 | 6:49 pm

But he’s also not willing to plant a flag in any particular place.

The once-novel divide between various flanks of the Republican Party during the earliest days of the Trump era was a ripe area of fascination for many in the media, as various scandals forced longtime conservatives to speak out — and coin him or herself a Never-Trumper — or as old guard lawmakers flocked to the faux-populist corners of the party’s once-fringe Trumpian movement. Now that divide has reemerged, as establishment Republicans grapple with the future of their party and pundits hand-wring about how far-right the GOP’s ideology and messaging must go in order to win elections in 2022.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has tried to have it both ways for some time. And he’s still squirming to this day.

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Where Things Stand: GOPers Signal How They’ll Justify A Gov’t Shutdown Prime Badge
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12.01.21 | 6:49 pm

Conservatives are trying to get ahead of the impending bad optics that will come with obstructing their way into a government shutdown. And, it appears, they have a plan: Placing the blame squarely on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate.

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DALTON, GA - MAY 27: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at an ‘America First’ Rally on May 27, 2021 in Dalton, Georgia. “America First’ Rallies are hyper conservative right-wing Trump loyalists who gather in support of continuing his message. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) DALTON, GA - MAY 27: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at an ‘America First’ Rally on May 27, 2021 in Dalton, Georgia. “America First’ Rallies are hyper conservative right-wing Trump loyalists who gather in support of continuing his message. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)
Where Things Stand: QAnon Congresswoman Goes To Iowa Prime Badge
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08.05.21 | 6:15 pm

The tour of terribleness is, apparently, just getting started.

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