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The Guardian view on Maga after the midterms: doubling down on Trumpism | Editorial

Republicans know that the president’s folly and excesses cost them the elections. That doesn’t mean they’re ready to challenge him Shortly after polls closed last Tuesday, with the scale of the Republican trouncing in the midterms still becoming apparent, Donald Trump briefly adopted an oddly conciliatory tone. He declared that he was “absolutely” willing to accept the results, would look forward to working with Democrats and that deportation policies might have been “ too tough ”.

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