The GOP’s 2022 candidate problem — and how much it might matter

At the same time, beyond Moore, we haven’t necessarily seen this tested in a huge way in recent years. The congressional GOP has certainly ventured toward the extreme in the Trump era, with large swaths of the party now excusing a literal attack on the U.S. Capitol and baselessly believing the 2020 presidential election was stolen. But we haven’t seen candidates akin to Angle, O’Donnell, Akin, Mourdock and Moore emerging in high-profile races.