Cruz/Hawley Stepping In As Trump’s Star Fades?
Senators Cruz and Hawley are trying to emerge as Trump’s populist successor. (The Hill)
“Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.), Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) are emerging as the new champions of conservative populism at a time when many Republicans think former President Trump’s grip on the party is slipping.
All three GOP senators voted with almost the entire Senate Democratic caucus to give seven days of paid sick leave to 115,000 rail workers who threatened to go on strike because of an impasse in labor negotiations. ”
The transformation of the political parties is a moving target with both claiming to be the party of the ‘working man’ regardless of the effects of the legislation they support. The Democratic party has been changing in a significant way, claiming the college educated coastal/upper Midwest states while Republicans are squarely centered in the South/Plains States with some fingers protruding into the Great Lakes. Whomever is believed to be the ‘party of the people’ will be the winners of upcoming elections.
