There was never a world in which “Maybe Trump” made sense. But the post January 6th world should make it easy for people who love America to vote for the only person standing between Trump and the White House.
I grasp it fine. I simply won’t indulge the false notion that both of these candidates are evil. This isn’t a “lesser of two evils” situation. One candidate is evil. The other is someone with whom I have some policy disagreements and some policy agreements. An easy choice.
I read Jonah’s piece arguing that @DavidAFrench was wrong to endorse Kamala and it was almost spirit-breaking. French is obviously right. Morally and intellectually. And I’ll never understand the people who looked at the gravity of this moment and equated policy differences w moral monstrosity.
I’ve read you and @JonahDispatch since I was a young conservative. You were both so influential on me. Watching your tedious rationalizations about why you’ll stand on the sidelines instead of taking a stand against the worst threat to American ideals in our lifetimes has been so deeply disappointing. I’ll never understand it as long as I live. This is basic right and wrong stuff.
Genuine question @stephenfhayes: Which scenario is more dangerous for our country and for our allies abroad? Trump winning or Harris winning? I don’t believe for one second you think Kamala Harris is more dangerous than Donald Trump.
I’m sorry but I think you’re stuck in tribal muck. Harris’s speech last night was, both in substance and style, very good. She made a better case for America than any politician in almost a decade. There was a lot in it for people like us. It’s not “fluffing”. All your analysis simply ignores how dangerous Trump is. Beating him requires making an affirmative case for the alternative. There’s no betrayal in that. We are clear where we disagree on policy.
Honestly, what are you talking about Steve? The sad state of the conservative movement has nothing to do with some conservatives voting for a Democrat to keep Trump away from power. The widespread capitulation to and ultimate embrace of Trump destroyed the conservative movement.
Here's a longer explanation of @DavidAFrench's decision to vote for Harris as a conservative:
"I’m often asked by Trump voters if I’m “still conservative,” and I respond that I can’t vote for Trump precisely because I am conservative. I loathe sex abuse, pornography and adultery. Trump has made those vices mainstream in the GOP. I want to cultivate a culture that values human life from conception through natural death. Yet America became more brutal and violent during Trump’s term. I want to defend liberal democracy from authoritarian aggression. Trump will abandon Ukraine."
https://t.co/k0jjBbPbZc
Trump has "flip-flopped" on many things. (A recent example is TikTok.) But one thing he has remained absolutely consistent on: praise of Vladimir Putin, and not a word of criticism. Not a word of sympathy for Putin's victims. Trump is unworthy to represent the United States.