Once-mighty state GOPs in shambles after Trump's path of destruction: analysis

President Donald Trump has spent a decade turning Republican state parties into vehicles for his own loyalty, and in three former GOP strongholds the bill is coming due, according to a new analysis.The clearest sign came this week at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, where Trump openly conceded that Democrat Roy Cooper is “going to become your senator and it’s crazy," which MS NOW's Eric Garcia highlighted as a brutal admission for Republican Michael Whatley. Trump made the former North Carolina GOP chair head of the Republican National Committee, but Whatley trails Cooper by more than 10 points on average.North Carolina Republicans were riding high a decade ago, having taken both legislative chambers in 2010 for the first time since 1898. Then Trump backed Mark Robinson for governor in 2024, but he lost by almost 15 points, dragging down the GOP’s candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general and...