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Time for NeverTrump Republicans to Put On Their Big Boy Pants
American Thinker ^ | 08/19/24 | Brian C. Joondeph

Posted on 08/19/2024 1:17:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

My flak jacket is on as I write this since I am sure to offend or piss off some friends, family, and colleagues who are ostensibly Republicans or conservatives but have a visceral aversion to Donald Trump.

Some tell me they are Republican and miss Ronald Reagan but also admit they “couldn’t” vote for Donald Trump in either 2016 or 2020. Nothing says one is Republican like voting for a liberal Democrat.

This is the NeverTrump wing of the Republican Party, emerging shortly after Trump secured the GOP nomination in 2016. Reasons for NeverTrump-ism are myriad.

Some were offended by his mean tweets, name-calling, and brash Queens personality. Others disliked his confidence and determination to punch back twice as hard when attacked, particularly when the attacks were bogus (Russian collusion, fine people, grab em by the p***y, etc).

Many establishment Republicans only wanted a nominee who was part of George Carlin’s “big club,” with the last name of Bush, or endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce, The Wall Street Journal, or the Koch brothers.

Still others bristled at Trump’s desires to secure America’s borders, avoid foreign wars, achieve American energy independence, and level the playing field of global trade. After all, globalists and the military-industrial complex are happy with and profit immensely from open borders, endless wars, high energy prices, and China-centric trade deals.

In two and a half months, there will be a reckoning, America First versus America Last. The comparisons to four years ago are legion.

Trump attempted to build a border wall, despite NeverTrump resistance from his own party. Biden opened the border to the tune of 10,000 known illegal crossings per day.

Trump nominated three Constitutional Supreme Court justices while Biden nominated one who doesn’t know what a woman is.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024; briancjoondeph; nevertrump; republicans
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1 posted on 08/19/2024 1:17:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

... or just put on any pants and quit bending over for the Dems................


2 posted on 08/19/2024 1:21:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

the stark difference between the two candidates and what they stand for will say a lot about each side’s supporters.

biblical is an understatement and the idiocy of the American electorate gives me pause. my wife says she’s a double hater, and she cannot see the forest of communism through the trees... she thinks the freerepublic website is a propaganda site that is spoiling my free thought...

hehehe, she really doesn’t know. gotta love her... but i know she’ll be the first to turn me into the authorities “for my own safety”


3 posted on 08/19/2024 1:22:05 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: SeekAndFind

never trump republican’s are neocon a## holes who are as corrupt as the rats


4 posted on 08/19/2024 1:27:31 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SeekAndFind

The Self Righteous Know-it-Alls? Probably won’t happen.


5 posted on 08/19/2024 1:29:05 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Nothing says one is Republican like voting for a liberal Democrat.

Stop saying liberal! They're not liberals, they're Leftists. Use the correct term -- LEFTIST, LEFTIST, LEFTIST!

6 posted on 08/19/2024 1:30:01 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why?

They’ll vote Trump They did in 2016 and in 2020. They need to be in the polls? Even Ann coulter figured out to count them in


7 posted on 08/19/2024 1:32:08 PM PDT by stanne
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To: SeekAndFind
Whoomp, There It Is
8 posted on 08/19/2024 1:32:45 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: SeekAndFind
They are not conservatives.

They are against their wealth being taxed.

Which means they have a great deal more in common with the democrat big money people than they do with Joe and Jane Paycheck in the middle class who are worried about their kids being taken from them because they don't deny reality, the price of food and their job being outsourced to some place overseas.

As for the poor rural people, those smelly drug addicts should just go off and die. They are spoiling their view.

9 posted on 08/19/2024 1:34:06 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

TDS rots the insides of skulls, including those of Republicrats.


10 posted on 08/19/2024 1:38:55 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: SeekAndFind

But then they won’t get to go on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, or any other Trump Republican hating bordello.


11 posted on 08/19/2024 1:40:13 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let’s be clear about this: Most of the Never Trumpers wouldn’t have voted for Reagan, either.


12 posted on 08/19/2024 1:45:47 PM PDT by Dahoser
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To: SeekAndFind

The pigs don’t want anyone shaking the trough


13 posted on 08/19/2024 1:54:25 PM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: workerbee

The correct term is COMMUNIST.... COMMUNIST, COMMUNIST, COMMUNIST..

There, fixed it


14 posted on 08/19/2024 1:56:47 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: SeekAndFind
Nothing says one is Republican like voting for a liberal Democrat.

I stopped reading right there.

Argumentum falsum dilemma AKA false dichotomy AKA the prison of two ideas.

15 posted on 08/19/2024 1:57:14 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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It’s not just your average voter who is anti-Trump. It’s the establishment. The “conservatives” where shocked that an outsider got elected. But after a long, disgusted sigh, they had a meeting with Trump and said, “Okay, here’s what you need to do. Here’s a list of people you need to hire. Don’t worry, we’ll help you fit in.” And Trump said, “(*&$%^_)$#. That’s not what I’m going to do. I have my own agenda.” The establishment...the Uniparty, were really put off. Everything that’s anti Trump is really an aspect of who is going to control the direction of the politics, the party and the country. There are huge financial and ego interests at risk. None of those people who are in power positions are going to give up one iota of that power and control. Power and control is who gets what and when. Lose that and they’re all nobodies.


16 posted on 08/19/2024 1:58:37 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/08/19/massive-revision-to-u-s-employment-numbers-expected-on-wednesday/

Employment numbers much worse than previously reported. Revised numbers Wednesday


17 posted on 08/19/2024 2:05:32 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: SeekAndFind
John Hanoi Kerry called Viet Nam Veterans baby killers and war criminals. Hillary was vicious to several groups. Obama hated white conservatives. The Buyden said if he was in high school he would have taken Trump out behind the gym and beat the c*** out of him. So Trump is the bad guy? Do we need people like Rhomney and McCain?
18 posted on 08/19/2024 2:07:34 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: Dahoser
Let's be clear about this: Most of the Never Trumpers wouldn't have voted for Reagan, either.

Yay and verily. You speak the truth.

19 posted on 08/19/2024 2:08:14 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They don’t have any.


20 posted on 08/19/2024 2:23:18 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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