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Opinion The GOP is dead. A new GOP must listen to working people.

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November 18, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST
People walk by the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2018, in D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Josh Hawley, a Republican, represents Missouri in the U.S. Senate.

The old Republican Party is dead. It has been wasting away for years now, and this month’s midterm results are the finishing blow. If Republicans learn nothing else from this election, they must learn that much.

As frustrating as the election outcomes are, the death of the old GOP is no reason to mourn. It just means that it’s time for Republicans to forge something new — a party that truly represents the cultural backbone of this nation: America’s working people.