What Caused the GOP’s Georgia Train Wreck

The party faces long-term minority status if it doesn’t absorb key lessons.

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Then-president Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Valdosta, Ga., December 5, 2020.

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The two Georgia Senate runoff losses that cost Republicans control of both houses of Congress were a slow-motion train wreck over a two-month period since the November election.

Here are just some of the likely reasons behind the wreck:

John Fund

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John Fund

John Fund is National Review’s national-affairs reporter.

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