Posted on 02/27/2024 1:08:15 PM PST by Rummyfan
Donald Trump's rise to political prominence in the 2016 presidential election cycle created an offshoot of the GOP known as the Never Trump Republicans. It's comprised of the people who use to be called RINOs, the acronym for Republicans in Name Only. I never liked that disparaging nickname because I think the rhino is a magnificent animal and shouldn't have its name tainted by association with invertebrate Republicans.
As many others do, I still use "squish" when referring to the Romney wing of the GOP. It's not as catchy, but it gets the job done.
I happen to think that Trump did a great service to the Republican Party by making the unreliable squish element out itself. For far too long, the GOP has been dragged down by members of its own party in Congress who couldn't be counted on for the big votes. Yes, they'd be good for voting with their colleagues most of the time but would too easily side with the Democrats when Republican voters needed them the most.
These politicians don't exist in a vacuum, of course. They are enabled by a portion of the GOP electorate that, for reasons that baffle me, are still Democrat-adjacent rather than conservative. These are the people whom Trump sent fleeing for the welcoming but deceitful arms of a media establishment that will always be dedicated to destroying them. Even the most vaunted intellectuals in the ranks of Never Trump don't grasp that they're pathetic pawns.
As long as Trump is around, however, they serve a purpose for the Democratic flying monkeys in the mainstream media and mistakenly continue believing that they have some sort of relevance in the national political conversation.
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A good number of them are out-and-out liars.
Some of them even shill for Democrats and the Current Media Narrative [whatever it is that particular day].
Yes and I wonder where they are. Seems to me this is a great opportunity to inform Free Republic about why Trump can’t be elected, why Ron DeSantis is the most conservative politician around and last but not lease how Trump supporters on Free Republic are reactive cultists who foam at the mouth when principled conservatives like Nikki Haley criticize Trump.
“Some of them even shill for Democrats and the Current Media Narrative [whatever it is that particular day].”
Or endlessly flog petty grievances like the bump stock ban.
You can say that again!
You’re screwing with us and forgot to put the slash ‘S’ tag on? “It’s on” as the youth put it and these thieving Democrat usurpers have a bill way past due. Don’t be a tool for an utterly evil agenda that will kill you as soon as convenient.
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. If you have been around here for any time at all then you would be aware of the anti Trump posters here on FR. It was those jackasses my post to the other individual was directed, which you would know had you bothered to read both posts.
If anyone around here is a tool its those who apply themselves to group think, those who engage in Trump bashing all the while leaving out the strengths and accomplishments of the first Administration and call Trump supporters and defender all sorts of inventive names for not adhere ing to their glorious logic! Are you one of those bots?
Re-reading your post I see it can be understood two different ways, and I took the negative one. My apologies.
Ah no problem!!!
For far too long, the GOP has been dragged down by members of its own party in Congress who couldn't be counted on for the big votes. Yes, they'd be good for voting with their colleagues most of the time but would too easily side with the Democrats when Republican voters needed them the most.
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