YoursTruly
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Why would Donald Trump choose this moment to ignite an open civil war inside the Republican Party—pitting the MAGA/America-First base against traditional conservatives—when the GOP holds only razor-thin majorities in Congress and faces a brutal midterm cycle in less than two years? How self-absorbed, or how convinced of his own indispensability, does a leader have to be to prioritize personal score-settling, loyalty tests, and ideological purification over the practical reality of governing with a fragile majority?"
You've noticed the fallout in real time: lifelong Republicans, including people who voted for Trump three times, now openly declaring they no longer recognize the GOP and will never vote Republican again. That sentiment isn't coming from Never-Trump holdouts; it's coming from the very voters who powered his victories. They're watching the party they thought represented limited government, strong national defense, fiscal sanity, and institutional norms fracture along lines that feel more about one man's brand than about conservative principles.
Why all this is happening: We've all seen the list. No Epstein prosecutions. A new war. Gas & grocery prices. Giving foreign countries oil from our own SPR's. Spending increases........ You know the list.
What's the point of the GOP if they're only going to be slightly better (in some ways) than the democrats. And just as bad as them in almost every other way.
For us conservatives who will either skip voting this midterm, cast a 3rd party vote or will be writing in someone, just know that Trump and the GOP caused this. Had Trump just stuck to his campaign promises, there's no way the democrats would've won swing districts. They couldn't have cheated enough to overcome the support of America 1st voters.
You've noticed the fallout in real time: lifelong Republicans, including people who voted for Trump three times, now openly declaring they no longer recognize the GOP and will never vote Republican again. That sentiment isn't coming from Never-Trump holdouts; it's coming from the very voters who powered his victories. They're watching the party they thought represented limited government, strong national defense, fiscal sanity, and institutional norms fracture along lines that feel more about one man's brand than about conservative principles.
Why all this is happening: We've all seen the list. No Epstein prosecutions. A new war. Gas & grocery prices. Giving foreign countries oil from our own SPR's. Spending increases........ You know the list.
What's the point of the GOP if they're only going to be slightly better (in some ways) than the democrats. And just as bad as them in almost every other way.
For us conservatives who will either skip voting this midterm, cast a 3rd party vote or will be writing in someone, just know that Trump and the GOP caused this. Had Trump just stuck to his campaign promises, there's no way the democrats would've won swing districts. They couldn't have cheated enough to overcome the support of America 1st voters.
