GOP state lawmakers hope to use MAGA 'mandate' to push through extreme agenda: report

Republican lawmakers in conservative states hope to weaponize President-elect Donald Trump's election win as justification to push through extreme right-wing policies, such as steep tax cuts, anti-LGBT legislation in schools, and religion in the classroom, according to a new report.

Presidents including Trump have touted election wins to assert they have a "mandate" for sweeping changes.

"[T]he beauty is that we won by so much. The mandate was massive," Trump said of his victory in...