Column: How Never Trumpers can get the GOP to stand up for constitutional conservatism again (via latimesopinion)
As the ground shifts quickly beneath the feet of the Trump administration, there are Republicans who have stood their ground. Several groups under the umbrella organization Defending Democracy Together are working to restore traditional GOP standards on tariffs, on welcoming legal immigration — and now, on persuading other Republicans to support the impeachment inquiry as a matter of constitutional principle.
Well I don’t think him resigning right now is probably in the realm of reality, but certainly that there should be an impeachment inquiry, and I think that Republicans should be supporting an inquiry. That’s the kind of role that a Mitt Romney could play as an elder statesman. There’s actually a lot of parallels between him and Barry Goldwater. They were both Republicans who won their party’s nomination and went on to lose in a general election, went back into the Senate, and sort of assumed that elder statesman role.
Because if they go down with the Trump ship, it will just completely cement the idea that this Republican Party is not a Republican Party at all — it is a Trumpist party and it is not bound to any rule of law, it’s not bound to any set of standards, or any sort of fixed ideological north star. It’s just all about Trump and a cult of personality.
The organization talks to lots of people who are in Congress or who are major figures within the party in one way or another. The maddening thing is that what Jeff Flake said, it’s 100% true; what Republicans say about President Trump behind closed doors looks nothing like what they say publicly.
I am, and a lot of the people I know who are Republicans opposed to Trump, have been very concerned that the Democrats have seemed to be gravitating toward an Elizabeth Warren as their candidate. But also we’re deeply concerned that she’ll lose, because she’s going to have a really hard time picking up right-leaning independents.
Yes, that’s right. I have almost no greater fear than a second term of Trump, because I think that a President Trump who is completely unrestrained by electoral consequences can do an enormous amount of damage in a second four years, not only to the party and entrenching it as a Trump party but really to the country and to the institutions.I do not think Republicans have a plan for the future, because they’ve sacrificed so much of their identity to Trump that they have to hold on to him now.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Common and Michael Huppe: It’s Time for Radio to Pay Music Creators (Guest Column)Unlike most countries, terrestrial radio in the U.S. is not required to pay a performance royalty on the music it plays, a situation that the creator community has long railed against, and the comm…
Read more »
Column: New California law blocks debt collectors from emptying your bank accountA new law prevents bill collectors from taking money out of bank accounst once the person's combined bank balances are down to $1,724.
Read more »
Column: The NBA put money first and what's right second in China controversyThe NBA's relationship with China was an issue even before Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of the Hong Kong protests, writes columnist LZGranderson
Read more »
Column: There's enormous waste in U.S. healthcare, so why isn't anyone doing anything about it?A new study finds massive waste in U.S. healthcare and asks why no one cares enough to eradicate it.
Read more »
Column: Dodgers are better than the Nationals and should win Game 5 despite intense pressureThe list of reasons the Dodgers should defeat the Nationals in Game 5 of the National League Division Series is long, and the ramifications of losing are deep.
Read more »
Banned in China: Why the Music Biz Should Be Watching NBA, 'South Park' Dramas (Guest Column)If you're a basketball fan, you know the drama with China over an NBA executive's tweet that supported Hong Kong protestors has been center court. But if you think the music industry is sidelined in this discussion, you haven't been watching the ball.
Read more »