Shapiro: Will conservatives stand up to Trump if they must? (Mark Levin: Yes. Real conservatives)

Conservative Review ^ | Ben Shapiro

[conservative98]

Trump's top advisor, Stephen Bannon, is pushing economic statism, grinning at the destruction of conservative economists. Trump met off the record with property developers Sagar and Atul Chordia, the builders of the first Trump-brand property in India, as well as developer Kalpesh Mehta, whose firm claims to be the "exclusive India representative of the Trump Organization." He sneaked Ivanka Trump into a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He tweeted his thoughts on the cast of "Hamilton" and the one-sided comedy of "Saturday Night Live," asking, "Equal time for us?"

The point of this exercise isn't to rip Trump. It's to point out that conservatives who rightly tore Hillary Clinton apart for pay-for-play corruption and hardcore big government leftism shouldn't grant Trump a free hand just because he leads the Republican Party. In fact, that's the biggest mistake Republicans can make.

Trump has already challenged traditional conservative standards. He's made Republicans back off their "character matters" arguments. He's forced Republicans to swallow anti-conservative heresies on economics (free trade is a negative; entitlements should be left alone), social issues (he thinks same-sex marriage should be enshrined by the Supreme Court and praises Planned Parenthood) and foreign policy (his coziness with Russia used to be taboo). Republicans did all of this to stop Hillary Clinton.

But now, Clinton has been dispatched. That means it's time for conservatives to hold Trump accountable. There's no longer any "better than Hillary" excuse making. It's time for Trump to perform.

It's too early to tell whether Trump will become a decent president. But conservatives ought to fight for something better than "not Hillary" — or else, they can simply acknowledge that they had no real objective standards for those who seek to govern other than political convenience.

[conservative98]

Mark R. Levin ‏@marklevinshow 1h1 hour ago
Yes. Real conservatives will.

It's too early to tell whether Trump will become a decent president, but conservatives ought to fight for something better than "not Hillary".
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https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/801445458023424004

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Deplorable Me ‏@TruthTalkerUSA 1h1 hour ago
@marklevinshow @CR enough Mark. realky you are losing your base with your negativity all.the time. Mr. Producer should tell you

ExFed32 ‏@ExFed32 1h1 hour ago
@marklevinshow Ah yes Levin can't wait 2 form yet another Republican circular firing squad Yell & Scream Name Calling How can anyone listen?

Declan Madden ‏@MaddeningRadio 2h2 hours ago
@marklevinshow you almost got Hillary elected with your ridiculous shenanigans. You and your "true conservative" brethren. LEARN from that.

Mervyn Roberts ‏@brackwater 13m13 minutes ago
@marklevinshow @CR don't start again mark

Matt Rossler ‏@MattRossler 40m40 minutes ago
@marklevinshow Problem is you really aren't giving him a chance by putting this stuff out! He hasn't even taken office yet!It takes time???

Right One ‏@j58344783 23m23 minutes ago
@marklevinshow @CR of course but I wish they would at LEAST become president first.before they start with the tearing him apart crap.

Mike Simard ‏@MikeeSimard 14m14 minutes ago
@marklevinshow @CR That's fine. Your boy Ted lost so don't expect to get Trump to be ted Cruz. He's going to be trump.

[rktman]

So, probably not levin?

[KevinB]

Levin is mostly dead to me at this point. I can’t force myself to listen to him anymore.

[MNJohnnie]

Dear Never Trumnpers Shapiro and Levin

Please stop calling yourselves “Conservatives”. You aren’t. You are shameless attention whores.

[Lurkinanloomin]

How would Shapiro and Levin know what conservative means when they don’t even know what natural born citizen means?

[Baynative]

A basic difference between conservatives and liberals is the point of holding people accountable.Conservatives usually demand a stricter behavior regarding core issues such as immigration, abortion, taxes and law and order.

Liberals work for a big agenda of transforming the country and tearing down the society created by our constitution. So they stick by their reps in order to bring/keep all their various factions and activists together.

[VanDeKoik]

25 years of professional complainers and completely ineffective screw ups want to lend a hand in helping the Democrats and the left because “muh true conservatism”.

We the people won this. We will take it from here.

They had their chance to make a real difference, and the only thing they did was make a lot of money off of us.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“It’s to point out that conservatives who rightly tore Hillary Clinton apart for pay-for-play corruption and hardcore big government leftism shouldn’t grant Trump a free hand just because he leads the Republican Party. “

Really? I thought the “conservatives” ripped Trump apart and vowed never to vote for him.

[nikos1121]

This guy is a first class idiot. I’ve seen and heard him enough during the campaign. He was quick always to criticize Trump or his staff.

He’s an ex Breibart columnist, and terrible. I learn nothing from him.

[MrEdd]

The Glenn Beck clone wants a job.
Get off the air ya big globalist dope.

[jmaroneps37]

Hey Mark put a sock in it will you, you little twerp? You are quickly becoming an enemy. Go away your side lost. Hillary lost; Trump won.

[Will88]

Shapiro and Levin are petrified that Trump might actually follow through on the promises he made to his supporters.

[boycott]

Shapiro is a gasbag clown that loves to hear himself talk.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I am prepared to disagree with Trump on a number of issues, and certainly feel free to criticize him when I do.

But this over-the-top freakout when the guy is not even going to take office for six weeks is friggin’ insane!

[Behind the Blue Wall]

The Never Trumpers were proven irrelevant in 2016, and we should treat them that way.

[ek_hornbeck]

Trump has already challenged traditional conservative standards. He's made Republicans back off their "character matters" arguments. He's forced Republicans to swallow anti-conservative heresies on economics (free trade is a negative; entitlements should be left alone), social issues (he thinks same-sex marriage should be enshrined by the Supreme Court and praises Planned Parenthood) and foreign policy (his coziness with Russia used to be taboo). Republicans did all of this to stop Hillary Clinton.

Where was Shapiro's (self)righteous indignation and ideological purity when it came to the "anti-conservative heresies" of George W. Bush? I don't recall Benjy being so full out outrage when W. bailed out banks with taxpayer dollars, pushed amnesty for illegals, expanded Medicaid, gave billions in aid to Third World Countries, or refused to stop subsidizing Fanny May-Freddy Mac with the hope of pandering to "minority" voters.

The bottom line is, Shapiro and Levin's ideological criticism of Trump is just a front. They're still angry that someone other than an RNC-approved party hack made it to the White House, and are looking for excuses to vent.

Even Mitt Romney has gotten over this petty gripe. Isn't about time these two jokers did the same?

[thoughtomator]

When such a event comes to pass, Levin will be bashing the conservatives day after day after day after day in the most savage and uncompromising of terms, again.

[boycott]

Will the #NeverTrumpers ever shut up?

[stratboy]

+1. Mark Levin is the ultimate backbencher.

[CIB-173RDABN]

“Real conservatives”

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That is okay, the “Real Conservatives (c)” kicked Trump supporters out of the club. So I guess we do not need your advice now that we won and you lost.