It’s a “weak spot” for the GOP ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that “ought to be a major issue” brought by Democrats, the founder of The Bulwark news network told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace.
It’s “the weak spot that, in fact, this is the party of law and order, this is a party that spent decades stressing that they were strong about terrorism, but who are the terrorists now? What is the threat?” he asked.
Sykes suggested Republicans perhaps have a “guilty consciousness that if they took an aggressive position on this, that it might ensnare some of their allies and they might be held accountable for some of their own rhetoric.”
