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Analysis | Power Up: Trump says the GOP is stuck with him. Whether they like it or not.

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This article was published more than&nbsp;2 years agoCommentGift Sharewith Tobi RajiGood Monday morning. I realize this might be confusing since it's been March since last March… but it's March again and Thanks for waking up with us.&nbsp;UNCANCELING TRUMP: Former president Donald Trump says he's here to stay.&nbsp;Trump returned from his short lived political retirement on Sunday to tease a presidential bid and saddle up again as the leader of the Republican Party — spreading falsehoods and denunciations of President Biden as he spoke at a conservative gathering.&nbsp;In doing so, he made clear the GOP — whose leaders with breaking with him after the deadly Capitol insurrection less than two months ago — is now more even firmly tied to the man they failed to convict in a second impeachment trial.From Florida, where Trump is holed up at his Mar-a-Lago resort, the ex-president the GOP mantle with a vengeance. He told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida that he was considering a presidential run in 2024, ruled out forming a third party and read the names of those who voted to impeach him — lawmakers he called “grandstanders” and “RINOs.”AdvertisementRepublicans spent the days leading up to Trump's speech painting the GOP civil war as a media fabrication. Yet a seemingly unencumbered Trump ripped the scab right off by pillorying Republican lawmakers he plans to oust from their seats for voting to impeach him.Trump's tirade against members of his own party came with an explicit ask to support “Trumpism,” which he defined as a nativist, isolationist, pro-business ideology, by donating to elect “America first Republicans” through his to play ball in the midterm elections.&nbsp;Where is the love? But Trump's grip on the GOP may not be as strong as he thinks.The results of the straw poll conducted by secret ballot at a conference tailor-made for Trump's base weren't a total lock “ … only 68 percent of those at the conference said they wanted the former president to run again in 2024,” the AdvertisementThough Trump has frozen the field, the backbench of 2024 hopefuls were sure to kiss the ring: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) loudly proclaimed that Trump “ain't going anywhere,” and others were sure to tweet their praise after Trump's meandering speech, including and Trump's former a“Party of new ideas”: The fact-checkers were also back in action for Trump's return to center stage. The conservative gathering was light on policy and heavy on the baseless claim that the 2020 election was rigged. (Biden earned seven million more votes than Trump and he won the electoral college. 306 to 232).&nbsp;An alarming 62 percent of CPAC attendees named election integrity as the most important political issue — a sign of the pervasiveness of Trump's baseless election claims. There was little interest in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that Democrats are pushing through Congress and far more focus on “cancel culture,” challenging Big Tech and efforts from Republicans like Govs. Noem (R-S.D.) and Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) to keep the economy open during the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;AdvertisementRep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was on of those name-checked for defeat by Trump. His allies a super PAC to support him, and he had this to say:Proud to be named among those other hero’s in Trumps speech!— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger)IT’S STIMULUS WEEK:&nbsp;On Saturday, the House passed Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, 219 to 212. Republicans unanimously opposed the bill and all but two Democrats voted in favor.&nbsp;This week, the bill moves to the Senate.&nbsp;The timeline: “Democrats hope to push the legislation through both chambers and get it signed into law by March 14, when enhanced unemployment benefits are set to expire. It is uncertain whether disputes over the minimum wage or other issues could complicate that timeline,” ABOUT TANDEN'S CONFIRMATION BATTLE: “Washington is undergoing an awkward realignment,”. Neera "Tanden’s confirmation hearings coincided with Trump’s impeachment trial, which meant senators weighing whether Tanden’s rude tweets should disqualify her from running the White House budget office were, at the same time, weighing whether Trump’s exhortations to his followers in the run-up to a deadly insurrection, should disqualify him from serving as president.”&nbsp;Advertisementgroup chat texts from former CAP officials discussing working with Neera Tanden: Latest deep dive by — John Hudson (@John_Hudson)NEW VACCINE SHIPS TODAY: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending the nation’s third coronavirus vaccine for people 18 and older, paving the way for the easier-to-use, one-shot Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine to be administered starting this week,” .&nbsp;Meanwhile, Jeff Zients, Biden’s coronavirus czar, spoke to “60 Minutes’s” Bill Whitaker yesterday about the vaccine rollout:“We hit a grim milestone on Monday. 500,000 people have died from COVID in the U.S.,” says Jeff Zients, the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 coordinator. “This is a national emergency, a war.” — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes)CUOMO UNDER FIRE: Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, “is accusing him of sexual harassment, saying that he asked her questions about her sex life, whether she was monogamous in her relationships and if she had ever had sex with older men,” .Yesterday, Cuomo issued a statement apologizing&nbsp;for “anything he said may 'have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation,’ but denied he ever inappropriately touched or propositioned anyone in his office,” .&nbsp;Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett’s detailed accounts of sexual harassment by Gov. Cuomo are extremely serious and painful to read.There must be an independent investigation - not one led by an individual selected by the Governor, but by the office of the Attorney General.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC)HAIL TO THE NEW INTELLIGENCE CHIEF:&nbsp;Avril Haines, the Biden administration’s new director of national intelligence, “has taken over [during] a turbulent time,” .&nbsp;GOLDEN GLOBES WINNERS:&nbsp;Jane Fonda won this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award and Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama.This year's Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient... Jane Fonda! — Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes)Taylor Simone Ledward accepts the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama on behalf of her late husband at the .— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes)CommentsGift ArticleTOP STORIESThe BriefingDon’t miss reporting and analysis from the Hill and the White House.Try a different topic or to save your preferences

This article was published more than&nbsp;2 years agoCommentGift Sharewith Tobi RajiGood Monday morning. I realize this might be confusing since it's been March since last March… but it's March again and Thanks for waking up with us.&nbsp;UNCANCELING TRUMP: Former president Donald Trump says he's here to stay.&nbsp;Trump returned from his short lived political retirement on Sunday to tease a presidential bid and saddle up again as the leader of the Republican Party — spreading falsehoods and denunciations of President Biden as he spoke at a conservative gathering.&nbsp;In doing so, he made...

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