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Don Bacon, House Republican Who Often Criticizes Trump, Won’t Seek Re-election

The departure of the five-term lawmaker from Nebraska enhances Democrats’ chances of picking up a seat in the narrowly divided House.

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Representative Don Bacon had criticized the direction of his party under President Trump. “I’d like to fight for the soul of our party,” he said in earlier interview. “I don’t want to be the guy who follows the flute player off the cliff.”
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Right-Wing Republicans in Congress Attack Mamdani With Islamophobic Comments

The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.

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Zohran Mamdani at John Jay College in Manhattan to participate in a Democratic debate in the primary for mayor of New York City, earlier this month.
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Right-wing Republicans in Congress attack Mamdani with Islamophobic comments.

The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.

© Anna Watts for The New York Times

Zohran Mamdani at John Jay College in Manhattan to participate in a Democratic debate in the primary for mayor of New York City, earlier this month.
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