NeverTrumpism is not dead, but it is on life-support....
Posted on 04/24/2019 6:45:25 PM PDT by Mount Athos
NeverTrumpism is not dead, but it is on life-suppor. Were it not for the news media’s eagerness to amplify the voices of those who hate the president, the movement would have long since been relegated to the more obscure corners of the internet.
It is increasingly difficult to distinguish the NeverTrumpers who claim to be on the Right from the anti-Trumpers on the Left.
Among conservatives, NeverTrumpism is already a fringe and irrelevant movement, its ranks having been decimated by countless defections. A handful, led by Max Boot, have abandoned conservatism altogether. They are not missed.
The leading NeverTrumpers in Congress have either retired (Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker), become irrelevant (Sen. Ben Sasse) or died (Sen. John McCain). The flagship publication of their movement, the Weekly Standard, folded at the end of last year. Its online reincarnation, the Bulwark, has none of its clout or reach.
The president’s approval rating with Republican voters now stands at 89%. By comparison, Obama’s was at 80% with Democratic voters at the same time in his presidency.
The case for NeverTrumpism has completely collapsed. Not one of the overblown doomsday scenarios that President Trump was supposed to unleash on humanity has panned out. The economy hasn’t collapsed. Fascism hasn’t come to America. And we aren’t at war with the world.
The president has an impressive record of conservative accomplishments. Trump has cut taxes, pursued an aggressive deregulatory agenda, boosted the defense budget and appointed two fine justices to the Supreme Court as well as a record number of appellate judges to the federal bench.
The economy is growing, unemployment is falling and wages are rising. Trump has arguably done more to advance the conservative agenda than any other of the 16 Republican candidates he ran against would have.
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Would someone tell Mittens so he stops making a fool of himself?
Somehow almost everything allahpundit writes gets posted on FR. Occasionally someone will post jennifer rubin for laughs. Otherwise not a lot of nevertrumperism to be seen here
Never-Trumpers were never conservatives, they were always Bush League Republicans eager to sell out the citizens at every opportunity.
Max Boot=Poop Stain
Good. May it did a miserable, fast death.
No by all means please let him continue.
For some reason I enjoy it.
I think he is DYING inside that he was never president and Trump is.
F ‘em.
Actually, #neverTrumpers are worse than Trump hating Democrats
Democrats hate Trump, the person
#neverTrumpers hate with an obnoxious passion, those that voted for Trump
No. Not in any way whatsoever.
Anyone who bothered to pay even the most rudimentary attention is fully aware both that Rudy’s differences with Trump are policy driven, and exactly what those policy differences are.
It’s the LA Slime. Why believe anything from this leftist rag, good, bad or indifferent? The sooner it is ostracized for its biased leftist propaganda, the sooner it will change.
..... But be advised that ... Just like ISIS .... The "Never Trump' movement still lives .... And at every opportunity .... they shall strike .......... So my advice to Everybody here is .....
....... NEVER ..... LET YOUR GUARD DOWN ...... One single event can change ..... EVERYTHING .....
“Does Mittens have some compulsion to go after Trump, because Trump stepped on his sore toe at some point in time, even it it makes Mittens look stupid, and goes against the good of the country? “
There is something here that’s really juvenile and sick! It would be one thing if Romney wanted something that Trump wouldn’t give him now that he’s a Senator, but Romney is being an insufferable prick and doesn’t appear to be getting anything of value for it.
Max Butt. I hate that guy. He’s got the kind of face you want to smash with a baseball bat. Lord forgive me.
NeverTrumpism is not dead, but it is on life-support....
Wouldn’t the “never Trump “ movement, by definition, already be dead? The original premise was that Trump would never be president. These morons are too stupid to realize they already lost.
“NeverTrumpers” were always the parasite class making rent off of the various aspects of the party and insider connections throwing a panic-driven tantrum about their diminishing opportunities to extract money.
I hope it will expire soon.
No mention of that insufferable little twit George Will?
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