'What conservatives are facing now is a Waterloo'

That’s the stark assessment of conservative commentator Daniel Horowitz the day after Tuesday’s shocking primary loss by conservative Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., in a landslide.

The incumbent loss by a whopping 13 percentage points to newcomer Roger Marshall isn’t just sending shock waves through Washington; it’s parting the Republican Party like the Red Sea.

Furthermore, the schism isn’t pitting just the GOP establishment against party insurgents; it’s also causing a sharp divide among conservatives themselves.

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There are two schools of thought among  conservatives. Some extremely prominent commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter have portrayed the Kansan’s defeat as vindication for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, whom Huelskamp initially opposed, then endorsed. But others, particularly the congressman’s right-leaning colleagues in the House, warn it is nothing less than an all-out assault by House Speaker Paul Ryan and the GOP establishment on conservatism itself.

Worse yet, they see it as a template the GOP establishment, having tasted initial success, will now use to try to drive conservatives out of the Republican Party for good.

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