“The party’s endorsed candidates have no hope of being elected, which flies in the face of the party’s fundamental purpose.”
The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to combat the expansion of slavery into the Kansas and Nebraska territories. It was born on the ashes of the Whig Party which had splintered due to its unwillingness to oppose the expansion of slavery. Not unlike the refusal of the Republican establishment to oppose open borders today.
Winterer claims the MAGA party candidates have no chance of being elected. Two years after its founding the new Republican Party ran John C Fremont for President in the 1856 election. Fremont lost but the new party showed strength in some states. In 1858 an aspiring Republican politician, Abraham Lincoln, ran for US Senator in Illinois against the incumbent Stephen Douglas, a Democrat. Lincoln lost the election but gained national awareness through a series of debates he and Douglas participated in. In 1860, the loser Lincoln from the new party with no chance of winning was elected President of the United States and changed the history of the nation.
Winterer is apparently not a student of history. The history of mankind is filled with examples of people and organizations that tried, failed, tired again, failed, and finally succeeded. In 1776 Winterer would have declared it impossible to fight the British Empire. In 1860 he would have declared a Lincoln victory impossible.
If Mr. Winterer is so perceptive, why was there not a President Dole, President McCain, President Romney, or President Jeb Bush?
Winterer thinks an alternative rather than an echo is a bad thing.