Douthat has been a decent writer on the subject of Catholicism, recognizing the crisis that is the Bergoglian pontificate, but he’s long had a case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, not on the level of Rick Wilson/Jonah Goldberg/Bill Kristol/Max Boot/Jen Rubin, but a TDS case nonetheless. He’s employed by the NYT, was raised in CT and is a Harvard alumnus. He can’t break out of the snobbery of his class and background to recognize the reality of Trump and the current situation
Yep. He’s just another leftist NYC bubble boy posing as a conservative.