You have an interesting take on things. I stopped frequenting FreeRepublic during the time leading up to the primary election because the pro-Trump crowd was absolutely brutal to anyone supporting any other candidate. I think what you see today is not so much the views of Never-Trumpers, but people who are disappointed in Trump signing the Omnibus bill and talking about instituting gun control.
I think everyone on FreeRepublic was glad to see Trump beat Hillary. And I think most people here agree that Trump has done a lot of good. If there’s any frustration here, it’s probably because the Republicans hold both houses of Congress and the White House, and yet they can’t get Trump’s appointments approved, they can’t stop the awful Omnibus bill, they can’t build the wall, they can’t repeal Obamacare, and they can’t seem to drain the swamp. It’s not all Trump’s fault. In fact, it’s not even mostly his fault. Our representatives and senators have let us down.
But I surely don’t share your view that the site is dominated by Never-Trumpers.
This.
Gee Rocky. You must not have been on the name calling horrible anti Trump Pro cruz.Threads. My faith was not only challenged but I was sent to hell more times than you can count. And not once have an apology been offered by any of the Cruz crew.
“You have an interesting take on things. I stopped frequenting FreeRepublic during the time leading up to the primary election because the pro-Trump crowd was absolutely brutal to anyone supporting any other candidate.”
Totally true. It hurt Trump.
I’ve now seen some if those turn against Trump.
There are a lot of disruptors.
That's maybe painting with too broad a brush. I was a Trump supporter. I had no problem with anyone supporting someone else.
I had a HUGE problem when someone couldn't support their candidate without trashing Trump.
My take on that period is this...
There was a high amount of distrust of the GOPe at the time, including delegate fixing (where Trump won the primary but Cruz got all the delegates locked up) and RNC convention organizers making "rules" pronouncements suggesting that Trump could be disqualified on the floor.
People were reaching the point of wanting such an overwhelming victory that the "establishment" couldn't overturn it with disqualified delegates and floor fights, that talk of Cruz or Rubio or Kasich hanging on despite no path to victory in the hopes of a convention "Hail Mary" was seen as splitting the remaining primaries or depressing late state turnout to deny Trump a mandate going into the convention.
People wanted a unified party going into the general election against Hillary Clinton, and expected the likes of Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to go wobbly and limp in support of Trump. People thought that Cruz was being played by the GOPe to be the convention spoiler, after he was Public Enemy #1 in the Senate just the year before. Cruz didn't disappoint, when he refused to endorse Trump on the convention stage after graciously being given a speaking slot. Trump was seen in the wings, just in case Cruz chose to bury the hatchet and unite the party. It didn't happen.
So the anger towards Cruz lingered throughout the general election, much of it self-inflicted in my opinion. It was very touch and go right up to 9:00pm on election night. Many of us here who studied the polls daily knew that the MSM was cooking the samples and that things were much closer than they appeared, but we would have liked a more unified Republican effort after the convention.
-PJ