S.E. Cupp: ‘Identity Crisis Mess’ Is Going To Be Playing out Maybe Even Years in the Republican Party

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CUPP: “Well, I think it’s interesting because the president’s outgoing message, as it were, is really to remind his supporters that the GOP didn’t get you until I came along. And the GOP will not get you when I’m gone. So he’s trying to stake out his territory and figure out who in Congress is going to go with him. And I think there are people in Congress who recognize that he will have a significant amount of support even when he’s off sort of the on the sidelines no longer in power. And they’re thinking, OK, how much has the Republican Party permanently changed? And do I even have a future in Congress if it’s not without Trump? So there’s a lot of — and this was always how it was going to end, right? When the Republicans already tied themselves to Trump, who wasn’t always conservative or a principled person, they were going to have this identity crisis mess in the end. And I think that’s what you’re seeing play out. And it’s -- it's going to be playing out, Bianna, for weeks, months, maybe even years in the Republican Party.”