Thomas L. Friedman: Will Trump force principled conservatives to start their own party? I hope so.
Even if just a few principled conservatives came together and created a kind of third party in Congress, they could be kingmakers.
(Samuel Corum | The New York Times) President Donald Trump during the Army-Navy football game at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2020. “If Trump keeps delegitimizing Joe Biden’s presidency and demanding loyalty for his extreme behavior,” writes The New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, “the GOP could fully fracture — splitting between principled Republicans and unprincipled Republicans.”