President Trump lost the election two months ago, but since then you could argue he's been

doing his best to lose his party.

The Republican Party has since the election found itself devolved into infighting and

acrimony and finger pointing and also kind of these very fundamental debates about

like the core tenets of democracy.

Like I think the Republican Party is wondering what they are and what they stand for in a more

elemental way than it has after past failed elections.

And Kay Coppins wrote about the GOP's bitter infighting for the Atlantic this week and

with the outgoing president impeding democracy and courting another impeachment, it felt like

a good week to step back and talk about where his party is heading next.

Like in 2012 the Republican Party got together and did an autopsy and the Republican National

Committee did this report where they went through why they lost the 2012 election and

the various policy issues they may be had to moderate on and the perception that were

the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow.

That's frustrating because we care about every voter.

Were the party of growth an opportunity?

It was kind of a more normal process.

It was like how can we as a political party do better in future elections.

The debates that are happening inside the Republican Party now are way more radical in a lot

of ways.

I mean, they're questioning whether they should go along with the results of a presidential

election.

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