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nozzlegearlast Monday at 4:24 PM1 replyview on HN

It doesn't exist for politicians who hitch their wagon to Trump and MAGA; their base rewards loyalty. For everyone else, political suicide is still very much a thing (see the various conservative republicans who've chosen to go against Trump over the years and have been cast out in favor of new loyalist challengers).


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saghmlast Monday at 4:29 PM

> It doesn't exist for politicians who hitch their wagon to Trump and MAGA; their base rewards loyalty.

These are the same ones who currently would be able to repeal the ACA tomorrow if they felt like it. You're essentially asserting that the reason they aren't is that they like the policy, and I don't think it's crazy to expect more justification for a claim like that if you want people to find it compelling.