‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020
Erin Doherty, Lisa Kashinsky and Andrew Howard / Mon, March 16, 2026 at 5:40 AM EDTPresident Donald Trump is bringing back 2020. Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.
Conversations with nearly a dozen GOP state and county chairs and strategists reveal a party largely eager to move on from relitigating Trump’s election grievances, which they’re worried may detract from an economic message that actually motivates voters. But the president won’t let it go, subpoenaing 2020 election records and putting pressure on lawmakers to pass legislation to overhaul voter registration laws.
As Republicans stare down a treacherous midterm landscape, there's a growing view inside the party that focusing on “stolen election” claims and voter fraud will kneecap them in the general election: That messaging might play well with the MAGA base in the primary, but it could alienate moderates tired of rehashing an election from nearly six years ago.
‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020
Facing a difficult midterm landscape, there's a growing view in the GOP that revisiting election grievances risks distracting from the issues that matter most.
As an analytical voter, an objective observer I can imagine Trump misrepresenting events, in Trump's determination to cling to power, even if against the will of the People.
Trump's desire to remain president after his 4 year first term expired is understandable. Trump's methods were none the less criminal. BUT !!
It's 2026.
Trump lost in 2020, and won again in 2024.
Trump currently holds the office of U.S. president.
So what's the sense in Trump beating his dead donkey?