“Finally, the modern right-wing movement can never apologize, own up to its mistakes, or back down. Humility, grace, and decency are perceived by the base as signs of weakness. Instead, they ratchet up the lie, amp up the terror, and add more villains,” writes Wajahat Ali in this piece for The Daily Beast. 

“Chen isn’t like other Republicans running in races around the country this year. His experience has been firmly in the party’s moderate establishment, television punditry, and, more recently, academia,” writes Christian Paz in this piece for Vox.

Joan Greve writes about how even though some Republicans are more open to engaging on climate policy, their proposals are not meeting the urgency of the moment, in this piece for Mother Jones.