Opinion

How Trump Vanquished One-Time Conservative Contenders

FALLEN STARS

Ben Sasse is just the latest in a long list of one-time promising conservatives who “could’ve been somebody”—if it wasn’t for Donald Trump.

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

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