Michael Steele held an interesting roundtable, that I thought some of the people on the board who view themselves in a similar fashion could relate to... No doubt many of the folks within MAGA world would derisively characterize this group as RINOs, and undoubtedly there are some on this board who would join in on the name calling. But these people all either ran and held elective office as Republicans or worked for Republican Administrations and/or campaigns. And in the case of Miles Taylor, he actually worked within both the Bush and Trump Administrations...
It won't do any good to advise folks who have no interest in this topic to skip it, in hopes of fostering an actual discussion. We all already know the posts labelling them RINOs will be coming, and more than a few will likely emanate from people who have less experience or legitimacy than these folks when it comes to being a Republican, rather than just a Trumpist.
But I'm essentially interested in hearing from the people on the board who felt they had to leave the GOP due to Trump, no matter if you view yourself as a conservative, moderate or even liberal type of "Republican", or former Republican. Building on that I'm curious to know if you feel you do or do not identify with the issues that they articulate as having left them feeling alienated?
For example, Michael Steele was actually RNC Chairman and held office in MD. Yet he seems to have very little in common with someone like Ronna McDaniel, even though they were both integrally involved in the Romney campaign.
Joe Walsh is a devout Catholic who opposes abortion and is essentially conservatively-oriented on just about everything...But he views Trumpism as an authoritarian blight on the GOP and the US. And as for Miles Taylor, he's actually a homegrown Hoosier from LaPorte with a degree from IU...
Imho, Walsh nails it with his parting shot regarding CPAC and Hungary...
It won't do any good to advise folks who have no interest in this topic to skip it, in hopes of fostering an actual discussion. We all already know the posts labelling them RINOs will be coming, and more than a few will likely emanate from people who have less experience or legitimacy than these folks when it comes to being a Republican, rather than just a Trumpist.
But I'm essentially interested in hearing from the people on the board who felt they had to leave the GOP due to Trump, no matter if you view yourself as a conservative, moderate or even liberal type of "Republican", or former Republican. Building on that I'm curious to know if you feel you do or do not identify with the issues that they articulate as having left them feeling alienated?
For example, Michael Steele was actually RNC Chairman and held office in MD. Yet he seems to have very little in common with someone like Ronna McDaniel, even though they were both integrally involved in the Romney campaign.
Joe Walsh is a devout Catholic who opposes abortion and is essentially conservatively-oriented on just about everything...But he views Trumpism as an authoritarian blight on the GOP and the US. And as for Miles Taylor, he's actually a homegrown Hoosier from LaPorte with a degree from IU...
Imho, Walsh nails it with his parting shot regarding CPAC and Hungary...