If Gillespie loses, it will be a national story that this was a “referendum on Donald Trump” and that Gillespie lost because of him and the establishment will use to bolster their negative attacks on Trump. If Gillespie wins, it won’t be a story at all, or it will be because of “special circumstances not related to the national political climate.”
I can't back Trump's Nationalist agenda 100% and vote for him and turn around an vote for the GOP punk. It will make me physically ill and I probably couldn't make myself do it anyway.
Sitting this one out.
It's one four year term. We will get another primary in four years to get a non Establishment candidate. If Gillespie wins this year it will not make that argument any easier that we need a non GOP hack to run.