Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: Lanhee Chen: Republican Rift?

Lanhee Chen assesses the complicated relationship between President Trump and party regulars.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsOctober 31, 2019
Area 45: Lanhee Chen: Republican Rift?

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney’s recent criticism of President Trump, coupled with growing Republican angst over the coming election, has made a complicated relationship between President Trump and party regulars all the more tangled. Lanhee Chen, the Hoover Institution’s David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies and policy director for the 2012 Romney presidential campaign, assesses the current Republican mindset.

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