Writing for the Daily Beast, Lachlan Markay, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Sam Stein credit the efforts of Steve Bannon with pulling the Republican party in a direction that seems to be on the winning side:

In the escalating war within the Republican Party, there is one fact that both sides increasingly agree on: the forces being ushered by Steve Bannon are currently winning.

The former White House chief strategist and chairman of Breitbart News has pledged to purge the GOP of its “squishy” establishment members—a delineation that he said extends to everyone in the Senate, save Ted Cruz. So far this cycle, even his critics concede that he’s encountered light pushback.

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