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For many in New York and across the country, this development is a cause for concern rather than celebration. Opponents worry that the formalization of his influence will further deepen the partisan trenches that have characterized U.S. politics for the last decade. They view his rise as a worrying sign of the “Trumpification” of the Republican Party, suggesting that the era of the moderate conservative is being permanently eclipsed by a more populist, personality-driven movement.
