GOP Rep. Ryan Costello: Republican Party Ideals Being Lost in This ‘Cult of Personality’ Era

‘I think moving forward it’s going to be extremely important that we plan for the day when President Trump is no longer president’

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COSTELLO: “I think in 2016, all of us running had the ability to separate ourselves from the President a little bit. We had our own identity. In 2018, I think most voters who went to the polls were either voting in support of the President’s agenda and we saw that in Missouri and North Dakota and Indiana, or they were voting against the President. And so in a lot of suburban districts and House races, my colleagues got wiped out on account of the fact that we’ve become the party of Trump. And I think moving forward it’s going to be extremely important that we plan for the day when President Trump is no longer president, whenever that is, because we cannot allow some of the more caustic remarks and ridiculous tweets to define us as a party. We’re a party that believes in limited government, free market principles. And I think those ideas are being lost in this cult of personality era that we’re in."

(h/t RealClearPolitics)
 

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