Throughout his second term as president, Donald Trump has enjoyed a bounty of forgiveness from his MAGA constituents and Republicans generally. No bad turn has gone unappreciated. Until now.

Suddenly, the White House and Republicans in Congress seem compelled to change the party’s tune to de-emphasize some prized aspirations such as mass deportation and vaccine pullbacks ahead of the midterm elections. They must have noticed that many voters, not just Democrats, have been turned off by the administration’s deportation and health policies as well as the killings of innocent Americans by out-of-control immigration agents.

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