“From an ideological standpoint, the center of gravity is moving toward the populist right,” said Miller. “I don’t see us swinging back.”
A number of Never Trumpers told HuffPost that Trump’s election prompted a sobering realization: that the largely academic brand of conservatism they support ― actively small-government and interventionist ― doesn’t sync with the beliefs and outlooks of many Republican voters.
“American conservatism has become anti-liberalism,” said veteran conservative commentator Charlie Sykes. “It is united by hating the media and hating the left ― as opposed to supporting small government.”
ABOUT TIME!
You are a hateful person. The fake conservative movement has more in common with Hitler and Nazi Germany than George Washington or even Ronald Reagan. Reagan changed a lot of things without the vitriol. The Democrats marched off the cliff like lemmings and Republicans seem to be following that model.
A party should be united by ideas and not hate. A party that is united by hate should go the way of the Whigs.