Source: The Daily Beast
by Chris Cillizza
“One of the questions I get asked the most goes like this: When are Republican elected officials finally going to start standing up to Donald Trump? And my answer is always the same: As soon as Republican base voters start to turn on him. Well, we may be there — or heading in that direction. … In Gallup’s poll last month, Trump was at 91% among Republicans. Now he’s at 84%. Look, this isn’t the end of the world. If Trump stays in the mid to high 80s among Republican base voters, it is very unlikely there will be a stampede of elected GOP officials breaking with him publicly. But that trend line is not encouraging for Trump.” (12/01/25)