Missouri’s House speaker fight highlights GOP’s quandary

Moderate candidate faces challenge from hard-right opponent who chastises him for respecting the law

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November 15, 2024 - 11:14 AM

Missouri legislators are considering doing away with the state income tax, citing its success in Florida. If Missouri had Florida's weather, shorelines and tourism, that might work.

With a newly emboldened Republican Party poised to take over the federal government and much of the nation, the question of what kind of party it will be going forward looms large.

Will it continue down a radical-populist MAGA path that ignores laws it deems inconvenient and attempts to overturn any voting outcome it doesn’t like? Or will it return to the fold of responsible American politics, in which ideological disputes play out within normal systems of democracy and law that all sides agree to adhere to?

A microcosm of this tension will unfold in the Missouri House…

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