February 19, 2021 ☼ gop ☼ trump ☼ rift
Source: POLITICO - Link
Costello, who represented a suburban House seat before retiring in 2018, told POLITICO that the censures “will hurt Republican candidates.” On Twitter, he went further, saying that a proposed resolution to censure Toomey drafted by the Chester County GOP — his home county’s party — is “staggeringly dumb” and “will indisputably brand them in such a way that it will make it more difficult to win county-wide elections this year.”
Retired Republicans (who have actually held office and know what it takes to win elections) are now at odds with the Trumpistas. This does not bode well for the GOP.