Is Kris Kobach the real Donald Trump Jr?

Taking all of this under consideration, Kobach has an opportunity available to few others. Most Republican candidates are still running on pre-Trump platforms. The exceptions, like Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart, have even more troubling associations and much worse electoral prospects. Being a governor establishes credibility greater than other elected offices without all the complexities of a legislative voting record.

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If Kobach wins the governorship of Kansas, it is not all that difficult to imagine him as a national successor to post-Trump Trumpism.

The Republican Party is taking a hit because of Trump’s toxicity, some of which has to do with his policies but mostly because of him personally. It is not doing much to build on what Trump showed them to be possible: growing the party in the industrial Midwest and expanding its appeal with working-class whites.

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