Kavanaugh Killed the ‘Never Trump’ Movement

The Daily Beast ^ | October 9, 2018 | Matt Lewis

[Behind the Blue Wall]

That’s what I’ve been seeing. The #NeverTrumpers thought that the vitriol against Trump was because of Trump. Now they’re finally waking up to the fact that Trump is just the person willing to step out in front of the slings and arrows, but they’re coming for all of us.

[DannyTN]

As Erickson writes, “Trump is neither an ambassador for my values nor the articulate champion of my principles I would prefer. But he is a safe harbor in a progressive storm that seeks to both destroy my values and upend our constitutional republic.”(continued)

What the heck are Erickson's values? And if Trump isn't an ambassador for Erickson's values then just how are Erickson's values different from the progressive storm?

[DannyTN]

As Erickson writes, “Trump is neither an ambassador for my values nor the articulate champion of my principles I would prefer. But he is a safe harbor in a progressive storm that seeks to both destroy my values and upend our constitutional republic.”(continued)

What the heck are Erickson's values? And if Trump isn't an ambassador for Erickson's values then just how are Erickson's values different from the progressive storm?

[DannyTN]

As Erickson writes, “Trump is neither an ambassador for my values nor the articulate champion of my principles I would prefer. But he is a safe harbor in a progressive storm that seeks to both destroy my values and upend our constitutional republic.”(continued)

What the heck are Erickson's values? And if Trump isn't an ambassador for Erickson's values then just how are Erickson's values different from the progressive storm?

[upsdriver]

Never Trumpers? We don’t need them.

[Responsibility2nd]

Speaking of Never Trumpers - I saw this meme the other day and lol'd...

 

[PlateOfShrimp]

Nice article.
Myself, I like the idea of a triage for the NT:

Folks with good positions on the issues, who were inexplicably blinded (Erickson, French, etc.) bring ‘em onboard

Folks who were DBags before Trump (Wilson, Wallace, Rubin, Schmidt) F ‘em

Cap’n Billy - keep him around for laughs. I understand where he was going - an Epicurean, he wanted to write for the Michelin Guide. But looking like the Michelin Man was not the way to do it.

[plain talk]

Kavanaugh will look good on the bench. Ginsburg? Not so much.

[mrsmith]

... by showing conservatives and RINOs that they both succeed by working together.

That’s been the Republican Party’s weakness for decades- mostly that RINOs wooldn’t do anything real for conservatives- but never mind pointing fingers.

We worked together and won, we can work together and keep winning.

[dp0622]

And there’s not NEARLY enough of them.

The false alarm bells have been going off on here forever.

Fully 86 percent of the country accept Trump as their legitimate president.

It’s on par with past presidencies.

14 percent “coming after us”, when us is 6 times their number, isn’t exactly the scariest thing in the world.

[AmericanMermaid]

That’s precious! Love it!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

God blessed America in 2016. These Never Trump idiots just don’t get it.

MAGA!!

[faithhopecharity]

a party leader should not be treated like a king...
not in this country, anyway

but all the blind, without cause or reason....GOP-E opposition and undermining of our elected president has been just sickening, awful. if someone gonna oppose him on a specific issue or proposal.. they should be able to explain good reasons for it

we are hoping PDJT will remember his campaign pledge to Drain the Swamp.

its desperately needed

[apocalypto]

lol

What happened to Graham?

[SaveFerris]

No kidding. Outside President Trump, it was really nice to see LG go into attack mode.

How long have I been asleep?

[BRL]

These never Trumpers are all paid professionals. The Never trump pay masters have finally (after 3 years) realized that they are on the cusp of no credibility forever. It was a business decision going in and it is a business decision coming out. These professional conservatives were blind to what every conservative in the country figured out right away about Trump...He may actually advance our cause (even if only 50%). I think everyone took the 50% deal on Trump because we knew everyone else would be a sellout. Of course the Never Trumpers were never going to be sold out because they are the professional conservatives, they were going to win either way. And as it turns out Trump has not made us 50% happy it is nearly 100% - even on trade he seems to be doing the right thing

The ultimate reason I love Trump....He has unmasked SO MUCH PHONINESS.

[Robert DeLong]

Apparently Tom Nichols still doesn’t see it. Proves that even really smart people are not correct all of the time.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Or he was never really a Republican or a conservative . . .

[poconopundit]

Erick Erickon’s values are likely to tied to the will of his donors. Erickson said he “might” vote for Trump in 2020, he did not commit.

Never Trumpers are very much alive, but they need to hide somewhat as Trump keeps winning.

There’s no way that hard core GOPe commentators like Rick Wilson, George Will, and Kristol will ever buy into Trump. Follow the money and their donors.