Other candidates are running and more will get in, but former President Donald Trump hung over two Republican conferences in the Capital region last weekend. One was decidedly less enthusiastic than the other.
The Principles First summit began three years ago and became a form of therapy for Republicans disillusioned that the party had lined up behind Trump, said Heath Mayo, the corporate attorney who founded the group.
“I think we’re done with the therapy,” Mayo said Sunday at the group’s third summit, which was being held at a downtown Washington, D.C., hotel. “People are starting to think strategically. And it’s not just about Trump.”
