re: #213 HappyWarrior

I mean I’m glad to have any help against Trump but at the same time, I want conservatives to acknowledge either their direct role in making someone like Trump palatable to the GOP base or indirect role in continuing to vote GOP. Acknowledge your party and ideology’s problems and stop acting like Trump doesn’t speak for conservatives and conservatism because he does.

As we’ve seen ever since Trump was elected, this crowd wants a “Get Out of Jail Free” card, they want us to act as if there’s a division between them and the wingnuts they’ve been gorging on red meat for decades so they bear no responsibility for their actions. Much like after the Dubya years, they want us to pretend that they were always against all the things Trump stands for, even as they’re pushing them in a quieter tone.