Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-New York) faces the challenge of leading the questioning of top immigration officials at the peril of angering the White House.
The hearing is being run by a Republican because they are in the majority in the House. How willing he is to break with the rest of the Republican party is a bit dubious; the racism has become a core principle of theirs, and any challenge to it tends to result in difficulty winning a Republican primary.
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The structure of American elections is a big part of the problem.
To win a congressional seat, you need to:
Only about 20% of eligible voters vote in primaries, and the ones who vote in Republican primaries tend to be deeply racist Trump supporters. This means that if you don’t have their support, and you’re a Republican, you can’t get re-elected.
The top-two system in some Pacific coast states doesn’t seem to really change this dynamic.