The GOP Civil War That’s Already Making 2024 Awkward

When Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) posted a photo of himself at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night—a show of solidarity for former President Donald Trump’s first post-indictment rally—the tweet quickly spread among Republican political insiders.

It’s not that Rosendale isn’t the type to show up at such an event. Far from it—the two-term congressman has been a close ally of the former president, and Trump has personally visited Montana to campaign for Rosendale in the past.

But what got GOP tongues wagging was the sight of Rosendale at a Trump 2024 campaign event, posing with Republican lawmakers who are diehard backers of Trump’s presidential bid, and expressing solidarity with the former president—without actually having endorsed Trump’s campaign himself.

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