Former Pennsylvania Congressman, current CNN commentator and a former member of the House Ethics Committee from 2015 to 2016, John Dent told CNN that he feels that the President's behavior has eroded his base in the suburban climes of America in an Op-Ed published Tuesday.
But things began to change by the 2016 election, when President Trump's election helped solidify the boundaries between party and moral ethics.
Major losses in Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties contributed to a"widening circle" of blue that's beginning to encroach on rural and suburban areas that were the sole domain of Republicans. Dent blames the behavior of the president in office, which he calls erratic, and pointed to Trump's high unfavorability rating to prove his statement.
Dent says,"2020 could be another terrible Republican year given President Trump's high unfavorability ratings that are driven by his increasingly erratic behavior and misconduct in office." He also called the party's policies"too nativist and socially intolerant." "If the Republican Party ever hopes to reclaim lost territory in the suburbs and elsewhere, it can start by rejecting isolationism and protectionism, advocating constructive international engagement by reengaging with traditional allies and defending the American-led international order, embracing diversity and inclusion, and striving to become more socially sensible."
A former congressman says that President Trump's popularity in suburban and rural areas may be eroding, according to what he's seen take place in his own state.He concludes,"If demography is destiny, then Republicans must get on the right side of it. Otherwise, the results of the 2020 election for the Republican Party in Pennsylvania will make the previous three dreadful elections pale in comparison.
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