Thanks, NeverTrumpers. Are You Happy Now?

American Thinker.com ^ | November 15, 2018 | Brian C. Joondeph

[Kaslin]

NeverTrump Republicans have been rabidly obsessed since 2015 to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination, election, and having failed, to join the left in nonstop criticism and condemnation of President Trump. They may be succeeding, but to what end? As they look around at the current political landscape, are they truly happy with the direction of the country? Or is that irrelevant, as long as they can strut around on their high horse, feeling smug, telling each other “I told you so”?

The NeverTrump movement began shortly after Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency. So-called “principled Republicans” were incensed that a loud-mouth from Queens, a TV reality star, a host of beauty pageants, someone never before elected to public office, should challenge the Republican establishment orthodoxy.

His tweets and straight talk were unacceptable. Calling out the media and his political opponents ran against the grain of how they thought Republicans should handle themselves in a presidential campaign. Trump did not follow the proper and acceptable savoir faire of John McCain or Mitt Romney, two prominent NeverTrumpers. The fact that both lost their elections to an easily defeatable far-left candidate who damaged the country badly during his eight-year reign of “fundamentally transforming America” seems to be lost on Trump’s GOP critics.

The NeverTrump names are familiar. Aside from the two noted above, there are others, all one-time Republicans, although their conservative beliefs have been tossed out the window over political expediency or ego. George Will, Max Boot, Steve Schmidt, Bret Stephens, Jennifer Rubin, and anyone with the last name of Bush. There are many in Congress too – Paul Ryan, Jeff Flake, Ben Sasse, Bob Corker, and others.

[bert]

It is far better to maintain sanctimonious purist irrelevancy than to join and fight the real enemy...... left wing progressives

Is that what you mean?

[brownsfan]

“Is that what you mean?”

I admire your passion, misdirected as it is.

The fight was joined long ago, and those like you and me didn’t recognize it. There is no more fight.

But continue on, if it makes you feel good.

[sarge83]

Yet their silence is deafening for the GOPE and NeverTrumpers failure to support Republicans. It’s a two way street and loyalty begets loyalty. We have continually been stabbed in the back by the Life is all about the Party Boys and still expected to vote for every chocolate covered liberal turd they trot out with an R in front of their name. With Trump this betrayal is X1000 and they don’t expect retribution? Arrogant and useful idiots for their good friends from across the aisle.

[foreverfree]

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