Look Who’s Standing Up to Trump

It’s not the GOP men.

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From left: Then-Rep. Liz Cheney during the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, December 19, 2022; Former president Donald Trump in Clinton Township, Mich., September 27, 2023; Nikki Haley during a Fox News channel town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, January 8, 2024.

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After Margaret Thatcher condemned the Soviet Union’s efforts at détente in the early 1980s, President Ronald Reagan waxed anatomical, declaring Thatcher to be “the only European leader I know with balls.”

Today’s GOP is drowning in men who are quick to tell you how masculine they are, just before they cower before Donald Trump like dogs that have taken one too many rolled newspapers to the nose. These men are unwilling to stand up to their reprehensible party leader because they believe he holds their political futures in his fist. They quickly abandon meaningful legislative priorities because it might hurt the former president’s chances for reelection.

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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