Criticism from Republican leaders of President Donald Trump’stweets about four congresswomentrickled in on Monday and Tuesday, but many still avoided describing them as racist, continuing a pattern of Republican elected officials deferring to Trump as he redefines the Republican party in his image. Meanwhile, Trump has doubled down on his hardline immigration agenda, introducing a new rule Monday that would drastically alter the handling of asylum cases of people from Central America.
To discuss the changing GOP under Trump, Jim Braude was joined by Massachusetts former acting Gov. Jane Swift, political analyst and former Republican Todd Domke, and Trump supporter and member of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee Steve Aylward.
