Ignore the hype of Republicans threatening to ‘break away’ over Trump | Cas Mudde

Anti-Trump Republicans get lots of media attention. That doesn't mean they are relevant within the Republican party

Over 100 Republicans, including former officials, threaten to split" from the Republican party, the New York Times declared on Tuesday. The next day the Washington Post upped the ante, headlining that the 100 Republicans were vowing civil war"; the columnist Jennifer Rubin proclaimed the beginning of the stampede away from the GOP".

Sounds exciting, but what has really happened?