Donald Trump is not leaving the Republican Party and is not forming a new one. He’s clear on that. The rift among conservatives between the paleos and neos began long before Trump came on the scene.
Nowhere did I say Trump was leaving the Party. I didn’t even imply that in my post, so I am not sure where you derive that from, so it is a non-sequitur.
Do I think we have anything to lose by going third party with or without Trump? No, because in my calculation, we are in an electoral pickle anyway, and with a large number of conservatives who won’t be a party to open illegality, we are in a losing spot anyway.
Of course, that implies one still thinks there can be fair elections in this country, after the process was so openly abused and fraudulently manipulated by one party with the open support or silent acquiescence of the opposing party. With no real investigation, and all people in government save a few who are being openly pursued and persecuted with no pushback at all-well, I think that is naive.
Look-if it seems like I am being crosswise with you by stating what I believe is an undeniable truth, that there are huge numbers of disenfranchised conservatives who are going to either vote for someone else outside the Republican Party or refuse to vote at all, I apologize for that.
I got angry at this reality-based observation stated above being characterzed as an affiliation with (and due to) some misguided search for “ideological purity”.
But neither is my stance or observation based on “ideological purity”, nor did I advocate for Trump to go third party.