There’s been a whole boatload of Republicans who begged for our vote claiming they were conservatives. Last year’s Congressional races come to mind.
When we gave them the vote and they won, how did their “conservatism” work?
1. Wouldn’t vote to end Obamacare, like they said they would.
2. Wouldn’t stop Amnesty, like they said they would. Lucky for us, the Courts did (for now).
3. APPROVED Obama’s secret trade deal.
4. GAVE UP their Constitutional duties in the Senate to approve treaties. Now they can only vote them down—IF they have 60 votes for cloture.
5. Pulled the rug out from many true conservatives for opposing the above—took their seats from their committees to show them and us they have the whip hand—”Thank you for last year’s vote, suckers!”
Maybe people are looking at Trump and saying, well, he’s never been a conservative, but now says he is. AND the liars that just stabbed us in the back hate him, so...
How can voting for Trump be worse than the Betrayal of 2014?
That might carry weight but for the fact that there are people who have stepped up and are actively running for the Republican presidential nomination who have records of conservative accomplishment, who want to shrink the federal government (and have spoken to the things Trump is claiming as his own). You'd cut them off at the knees to send a message to Congress?
I certainly cannot argue with your logic. But I think at this point in the process, we still have several other good options, as pointed out in the article, who are dedicated conservatives.