Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Two weeks ago, five incumbent Indiana state senators ‘weren’t just defeated,’ as NBC’s Steve Kornacki explained, ‘they were defeated in landslides.’ The five had bucked President Trump’s call to redraw the state’s congressional map …. On Saturday in Louisiana, Sen. Bill Cassidy, a 12-year Republican incumbent, became the first elected U.S. Senator to lose in a primary since 2012. … Cassidy was one of seven GOP Senators who found Mr. Trump guilty in his second impeachment trial, following the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. I cannot recall a president of either party ever wielding so much electoral clout within his own party — perhaps partly because other presidents did not attempt to reshape their party as aggressively as Trump has, and partly because no president has enjoyed the outsider status required to mobilize the disgruntled grassroots.” (05/19/26)