Former GOP staffer says elected Republicans now just 'characters in the Trump melodrama'

Former GOP staffer says elected Republicans now just 'characters in the Trump melodrama'

Since President Donald Trump's second term began, the Republican majorities in Congress have willingly undermined their own power in order to appease the president.That's according to Brendan Buck, who was a staffer to former House Speakers John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Buck wrote in a Friday New York Times op-ed that under Trump's presidency, his party has abandoned any sense of independence in the legislative branch and has ins…