Sadly I’m too abusive around Republican and too power-hungry (13)

I believe the answer is:

overambitious

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'too power-hungry' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sadly i'm too abusive around republican' is the wordplay.
'sadly' is an anagram indicator.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'republican' becomes 'R' (political abbreviation).
'im'+'too'+'abusive'='imtooabusive'
'imtooabusive' anagrammed gives 'oveambitious'.
'oveambitious' going around 'r' is 'OVERAMBITIOUS'.

'and' is the link.

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