WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unpredictable behavior since the November election has Republicans, including those close to the White House, alarmed and concerned that he has opened a fissure in the GOP that cannot easily be mended.
Republicans who consider themselves allies of the president said Trump’s public criticism of Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday and remarks at a rally that led to a riot on Capitol Hill were “disgraceful” and corrosive to a political party that is under strain from the loss of the White House and the Senate majority after the Georgia runoff election.
“The president owns this. It was a mistake. It’s not good for the party,” one Trump campaign adviser said.
