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Trump Has Reached the Peak of His Power Over the Republican Party
Eight years ago, I was on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland when Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the runner-up to Donald Trump for the nomination, pointedly refused to endorse Trump during his primetime speech. Instead, he threw his lot in …