Republicans Struggled with Internal Divisions and Controversies in 2023
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Republicans spent 2023 defined by and obsessed with pleasing Donald Trump, despite his self-destructive behavior.
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The year started and ended with Republicans unable to effectively choose a House Speaker, highlighting party dysfunction.
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Republicans devoted endless energy to exaggerated or made-up non-issues like Bud Light supporting LGBTQ rights.
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GOP figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Johnson made extreme statements about wanting national divorce and the country being "irredeemable."
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Republicans continued to push election lies and fruitless investigations into Biden even as their claims repeatedly fell flat.