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Ex-Trump Lawmaker Warns of America's Political Division

4/2/2026

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A former Republican lawmaker who backed U.S. President Donald Trump says America is not OK, signaling division.
In a Substack post, he criticizes Trump for undermining democratic institutions and calls his supporters a "cult."
He questions whether Americans can listen to differing viewpoints and laments the Republican Party's shift toward a "white Christian nationalist party."
He warns the political crisis may be the most significant since the Civil War.

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A former Republican lawmaker who backed U.S. President Donald Trump says America is not OK, signaling division.
In a Substack post, he criticizes Trump for undermining democratic institutions and calls his supporters a "cult."
He questions whether Americans can listen to differing viewpoints and laments the Republican Party's shift toward a "white Christian nationalist party."
He warns the political crisis may be the most significant since the Civil War.