(2023-06-12) A Messy Time For Republicans

Analysis | A messy time for Republicans. Donald Trump will be arraigned for the second time in less than three months on Tuesday.

Early polling shows that — just like after he was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in March — he is in only growing in strength in the Republican presidential primary.

We expect there to be a divide among Republicans and are particularly interested in their responses, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R- Ky.), who blames Trump for losing the Senate in 2020 and 2022.

The House returns Monday with no resolution over a mini revolt with big implications after 11 far-right members held up all votes on the House floor to protest Kevin McCarthy’s handling of the debt limit deal.

If McCarthy fails to regain control of the floor, he won’t be able to pass anything with his slim majority.

Trump and his firebrand allies spoke to a roaring crowd at the Georgia Republican Party convention over the weekend.

“Three top statewide officeholders who won their reelections last year handily — Gov. Brian Kemp, Attorney General Chris Carr and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — did not attend,”

While the divide in Georgia’s Republican Party is one of the most high-profile examples of GOP discord, similar dynamics are also taking place in other states, including Arizona and Nevada.

In the House: Tuesday: The House Ways and Means Committee marks up a series of tax cuts, including an extension of some of the provisions passed under Trump. As our colleague Tony Romm wrote, the package could add billions of dollars to the deficit and comes just weeks after Republicans demanded sharp cuts to spending to narrow the deficit.