(let's see if I do this thread right)
Peter Wehner, writing for the NY Times, said: “Republicans are distancing themselves from the former president not because they see him as a threat but because they view him as a loser. This is hardly comforting. They are turning on Mr. Trump for the wrong reason. Their moral compass is still broken.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/opinion/politics/trump-2024-announcement.html
"Their moral compass is broken" is another way to say, "They prefer a reactionary, regressive, anti-democratic government."
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