Now, their party’s leader wields a Twitter account with 18.5 million
followers. As he prepares to enter the Oval Office in little more than
two weeks, Trump is far more popular in their districts than they are.
He employs as his chief strategist the former leader of Breitbart News, a
conservative media outlet that has included among its top targets the
skewering of Republicans not deemed suitably conservative.
As a
result, the first day of the 115th Congress served as a sort of beta
test of how some Republicans will react when Trump sics his media power
on them. If the most conservative flank tries to buck Trump on a pricey
infrastructure deal, how will they handle the heat from Trump’s Twitter
feed? If moderate Republicans try to block his moves on health care,
will they withstand the heat if Trump goes to Breitbart to attack them
by name?
On Tuesday the answer came fast: Run for cover.
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