'No way to sugarcoat that': Statewide Republicans 'struggle to find a path' without Trump on ballot

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50% : " Beck quotes Republican Joe Handrick, who formerly served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, as saying, "In 2016, with the arrival of Trump, the GOP made a trade.
46% : But all that money from Musk didn't prevent Crawford from enjoying a double-digit victory in a key swing state that Trump won in 2016 and 2024 yet lost in 2020.
45% : It was very disappointing that only about a million of the 1.7 million people who voted for Trump were motivated enough to come out and make sure that we did everything we could to make sure that he could effectively govern for four years.
45% : In something less than a presidential race, Democrats start with the upper hand, and Republicans are now competitive in presidential races here in a way they weren't before Trump in 2016.
42% : Burden told the Journal Sentinel, "Trump has won them the White House, and for the moment, they have control of Washington by very narrow margins, but he's cost them everywhere else.
38% : Republicans, I think, are struggling to find a path to victory when Trump is not the leader on the ballot."
13% : " READ MORE: 'Efficiency at its finest': Critics slam Trump for firing 'backbone' of wildfire fighting According to Burden, Republicans in Wisconsin are at a disadvantage in Wisconsin when Trump himself isn't on the ballot.
11% : Yet others on the right are admitting that the election's outcome was bad news for the GOP, as it became a referendum on Trump and Musk. READ MORE: FDR's grandson issues new warning about Trump's targeting of Social Security In an article published on April 7, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Molly Beck discussed the implications for Republicans with Wisconsin residents.

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