It is an almost exact parallel to what needs to happen today. It is the model of what needs to occur in a situation perhaps even more dire than the 1850’s.
Go ahead, support the Mitch McConnell’s, Kevin McCarthy’s, the Liz Cheney’s, the Ben Sasse’s, they will manipulate you again and again. There are more than enough of us walking away that the protective cover for the Democrats and the Government Class, which is the only thing the Republican Party is, will be gone.
Go ahead, bitch and moan, but there are millions of us walking away, more than enough to kill that rancid, socialist enabling, party forever. And nothing will stop it now, they’ve plunged the knife into their own heart.
Trump is wiser. He will not start 3rd party is my prediction. He knows the odds of success. But if he does start a 3rd party, I will be voting with his party.