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2016 Postmortem

MichMary

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3. Many conservatives never supported Trump

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 01:42 PM

Dec 2016

Look at the Weekly Standard. People like Jonah Goldberg, Charles Krauthammer, etc. Their disdain for him wasn't only because he is a vulgar lunatic, but because he isn't really a conservative. Up until the last few years, he called himself a Democrat, was pro-choice, and held lots of positions that were and are anathema to true conservatives.

Of course they still call themselves conservatives, because they are. And of course they will support candidates that embrace their own political views.

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Just as there is in the U.K. for the Brexit vote. The same winds blow here. randome Dec 2016 #4

and I will point out to them that they enabled this lying, thieving sexual predator through niyad Dec 2016 #2

Many conservatives never supported Trump MichMary Dec 2016 #3