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Down-ballot Republicans now operate under a new reality: success is tied to their visible allegiance to Trump, not just to conservative principles or local issues. Longtime operatives who once balanced competing factions must now navigate a party culture where dissent is treated as betrayal. As November looms, the question isn’t whether the GOP will follow Trump, but whether it remembers how to function without him at all.