Mona Charen

It’s worth exploring how the Republican Party, the party of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” became the party of Vladimir Putin, trafficking in Russian disinformation and flirting with betraying an important ally, Ukraine, along with all of its principles.

The Republican Party has traded patriotism and uplift for an apocalyptic cult. Democrats have an opportunity here, if they can seize it.

No Labels, the group that plans to field a third-party candidate in the presidential election, claims that it is only interested in fielding a ticket that can win outright and has no desire to serve as a spoiler. Polling shows otherwise.

The GOP is engaged in a cynical effort to convince Americans that immigrants commit crimes, and President Joe Biden is caught in a bind because of it.

A reelected Donald Trump would have the voters’ imprimatur for lawlessness.

It’s hard for a political party to escape its brand. Republicans won’t easily escape the association with hard-line abortion positions, including opposition to certain kinds of contraception.

Republican voters think that if Donald Trump is reelected, they will get even harsher measures to keep immigrants out. They won’t.

Tucker Carlson’s ring-kissing visit to Vladimir Putin’s lair cements the status of Republicans as the useful idiots of the 21st century. But Carlson is not a useful idiot, as he knows exactly what he’s doing.

Trump contributed to this massive judgment against him for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll with his ceaseless boasts about his wealth and his behavior in court.