Social conservatives have long been the red-headed stepchildren of the Republican Party. In the past it was mainly because of the Rockefeller wing of the Party. In recent years many in the populist movement have joined arms against them as well. Social conservatives still have some support in the conservative wing of the Party, but a growing number of so-called “conservatives” oppose them as well. The trend is not our friend.
But this is my hill to die on. I will not change. I will not yield. Not though all the stars fall from the heavens and all the mountains dissolve into the sea. Never.
Never.
You seem to be giving too much weight to the so-called conservative establishment. Trump exposed them as nothing more than mainline Chamber of Commerce GOPe wearing different stripes. Noem is firmly in that camp. A self interested climber and conservative for pay. When it was a time for choosing she listened to the CoC and not the conservative sponsors of the bill.
If you are referring to this trans crap, I'm right there with you. We may well lose this war, but I damn sure won't lose it while grasping my ankles.
115 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord