It remains to be seen whether we’ll lose the majority,” Rep. Charlie Dent (Pa.) said, appearing on the same program. “I tell my colleagues, look, we’re going to be running into a head wind, you’ve got to be prepared for the worst. Since that loss, GOP leaders who in the past refrained from directly criticizing Bannon’s politics have challenged him head-on. Despite McConnell’s criticism, it is not clear that Trump will pivot the GOP away from Bannon’s brand of political strategy. “Before Donald Trump became president, the litmus test, it was really about the ideological purity and conformity” with Republican ideas, Dent said.

Source: Washington Post December 24, 2017 19:16 UTC