With some major defeats in this past election, is it time for the Republican Party to revert to their core principles, instead of aligning themselves with any position that will win them power?
Author and Reagan conservative Craig Shirley talked about the identity crisis tearing apart the party Wednesday on the Daily Rundown. Republicanism, Shirley said, focuses more on winning elections, while conservatism is about winning freedoms for individuals. According to Shirley, the GOP is divided into two groups—the insiders and the outsiders.
“The party establishment looks to insider solutions to solve the nation’s problems. But the outsiders think these insiders’ solutions are what caused the problems now afflicting America,” Shirley wrote in a Politico article.
While he doesn’t see a divorce coming from within the GOP, Shirley said that things are “coming to a head,” in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd.








