I’ve stopped considering myself a conservative and I’ve stopped calling myself a conservative. I don’t agree with the people who now own the word, and suspect it will be as bad to be correctly called a conservative in a few years as it has been to be called a liberal the past two decades.
The conservative movement has committed suicide by parting ways with truth, and the reality of national politics. I can’t trust people who label themselves “true conservatives” anymore because I care about the long term future.