“I’m still a Republican and agreed with certain of Trump’s policies, but think he is a morally bankrupt man and unfit to be President” isn’t a view that you can hold.
The GOP is saying you aren’t a Republican. You can’t be. It doesn’t want us if we don’t bow.
We should leave.
The GOP is saying you aren’t a Republican. You can’t be. It doesn’t want us if we don’t bow.
We should leave.
If this is your view, it is wish-casting of the worst kind to insist that we still have a place in our old Party. We don’t. And the longer we stick around pretending that we do, the more we empower Trumpism.
We have argued for change. We have tried. They aren’t listening.
We have argued for change. We have tried. They aren’t listening.
So, I’m a conservative. I believe in the Constitution and the rule of law. I believe life begins at conception. I believe in a limited, effective government and the right to bear arms responsibly. I believe in moral leadership.
That’s why I can no longer say I’m a Republican.
That’s why I can no longer say I’m a Republican.
The best counterargument to this path is the institutional Yuval Levin argument: “Better to invest in and improve institutions rather than abandon them.”
But we’ve tried. Tirelessly. For more than five years and the institution is still tearing at the fabric of our republic.
But we’ve tried. Tirelessly. For more than five years and the institution is still tearing at the fabric of our republic.
It’s time to break the bonds of old allegiances, as thousands have already done since Jan 6, so the GOP understands the consequences of its actions.
We are in an era of rapid change & the world is moving fast. We should think boldly & chart new frontiers with our politics, too.
We are in an era of rapid change & the world is moving fast. We should think boldly & chart new frontiers with our politics, too.
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