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AC 2021: Who won the Republican civil war?

By Anthony Zurcher profile image
Anthony Zurcher
North America reporter•@awzurcher
BBC Mitch McConnell, Liz Cheney and Donald Trump composite imageBBC

If you're looking for evidence of a Republican civil war, the Conservative Political Action Conference was not the place to be.

No grappling with the party's future in the face of Donald Trump's defeat. No pondering the loss of control of the US Senate.

No reflecting on continued minority status in the House of Representatives. And certainly no regret over the January assault on the US Capitol by a mob of Trump ers.

The annual gathering of right-wing activists isn't exactly a representative cross-section of the Republican Party, but it does show where the ions of grassroots and youth organisers reside. And within the confines of a sprawling hotel conference centre in Orlando, Florida the Republican fight over the future of conservatism, if it ever happened, appeared to be over with hardly a metaphorical shot fired.

It's still Donald Trump's party - and on Sunday, he basked in the reflected glow of the crowd's adoration.

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