That was mere conversion from whigs to republicans.
And that was 160 years ago.
Any examples within last 100 years?
Crickets.
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.