There’s no such thing as a dignified Republican in 2026, but there are ways for Republicans to make less of a spectacle of their indignity. And so I offer this advice to John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and others in Congress whose careers will end this year because they ran afoul of la grande orange:

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

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