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onald Trump has staged a hostile takeover of one of the country’s major political parties, and his opponents within the party are even more powerless than his opponents outside of it. In still-functioning republics, strongmen are frowned upon. But in political parties,

let’s make a case for strongmen, or at least some powerful party elders in smoke-filled rooms who can rein in the overly bumptious or actively troublesome people who seek to upset the party’s apple cart. If that sounds overly vague, let’s make it clear: The Republicans need someone who can con-

trol the crazies. Unfortunately, the people who are paid to do so—House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and recent party chairman Reince Priebus—failed completely. When, during the recent awful campaign, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump finally changed course and endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan’s reelection on August 5,

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