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Which Conservatism?

Plus: How Mitch learned to love the insurrection

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Charlie Sykes
May 28, 2021
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As his fellow Republicans prepared to block the creation of an independent commission to examine the January insurrection, Paul Ryan offered some tepid criticism of the party he once sort of led.

Speaking at the Reagan Library, the former House Speaker couldn’t quite bring himself to criticize Donald Trump by name, eve…

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