A day after the Senate voted down witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial, NeverTrumper Bill Kristol declared “We are all Democrats now.”
Kristol tweeted:
Not presumably forever; not perhaps for a day after Nov. 3, 2020; not on every issue or in every way until then. But for the time being one has to say: We are all Democrats now.
Prior to his declaration, Kristol tweeted his criticism of the Republican party:
The Republican Party in the age of Trump has worked out a complex division of labor:
Republican elected officials: See no evil.
Fox News viewers: Hear no evil.
Conservative pundits: Speak no evil.
With Republican elected officials in full acquiescence mode, Republican donors in full rationalization mode, and Republican voters in full tribalism mode, what’s a Never Trump Republican to do? Presumably what we can to help Democrats be as responsible an alternative as possible?
The Republican Party in the age of Trump has worked out a complex division of labor:
Republican elected officials: See no evil.
Fox News viewers: Hear no evil.
Conservative pundits: Speak no evil.— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 1, 2020
With Republican elected officials in full acquiescence mode, Republican donors in full rationalization mode, and Republican voters in full tribalism mode, what’s a Never Trump Republican to do? Presumably what we can to help Democrats be as responsible an alternative as possible?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 1, 2020
Needless to say, most who responded to Kristol on Twitter were not impressed.
You spent all of 2015/2016 babbling to anybody who would listen to you that Hillary The Witch would make a better President than Donald Trump.
You will pull the same stupid pet trick again, babbling to anyone who **STILL** listens to you to vote for the Dem over Trump.
You spent all of 2015/2016 babbling to anybody who would listen to you that Hillary The Witch would make a better President than Donald Trump.
You will pull the same stupid pet trick again, babbling to anyone who **STILL** listens to you to vote for the Dem over Trump.
— Brian Cates // Digital Soldier for Flynn ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ (@drawandstrike) February 1, 2020
Not to rain on your big announcement… but weve known you, Romney, Amash, Max Boot, Jennifer Rubin, and the rest of #NeverTrump have all been a Democrats for a while now…
Not to rain on your big announcement… but weve known you, Romney, Amash, Max Boot, Jennifer Rubin, and the rest of #NeverTrump have all been a Democrats for a while now…
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 1, 2020
Who’s we?
Who's we?
— Sneaky Black Dog (@SneakyBlackDog) February 1, 2020
“You’re an idiot”
— daheater (@daheater3) February 1, 2020
You’ve been a Democrat for years.
You've been a Democrat for years.
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) February 1, 2020
This article first appeared on TheConservativeOpinion.com
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