The author of the article is a particularly vile and loathsome psedu intellectual who is so much smarter than us ordinary mortals. The Federalist is a Nevr Trump dirtbag rag like Weakly Standard and its degenerate boss kristol.
I totally get the frustration with National Review. We still need conservatives like them not to be even more alienated and not vote in November. The Democrats have an advantage because we all have at least one issue that makes us not want to vote for Republicans. The goal of the Democrats is to get in power and then impeach the president. President Trump is telling us to vote for Republicans. We need to listen to him. It would be impossible for him to continue to fund the wall, limit spending, and get conservatives on the courts with Democrats in power. Guess who controls the bills that come to the floor? If you think it’s bad now, wait until Democrats get the House and the president is a lame duck or has to move to the left because people just don’t want to be bothered to vote. I don’t mean to be harsh, but a lot more is at stake in this election than not getting 100% of what we want.