For much of this year, Republicans at all levels of government have mostly marched in lockstep with President Donald Trump. His agenda was their agenda. But there are some cracks beginning to form in this previously solid foundation.
Nationally, a record number of Republicans in Congress are simply leaving — retiring or running for another office — rather than falling in line with the MAGA agenda.
On Today, Explained, host Astead Herndon walks through why these individual stories add up to something bigger about Trump’s power moving forward.
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—Jolie Myers, deputy executive producer, Today, Explained
