Looking for Plan B
In a MAGA-controlled GOP, Anti-Trump Conservatives Need A Home.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election and January 6, there was talk among NeverTrump conservatives on what to do next. How would they organize? One option was the rise of a new political party, an idea that I had long supported. I kept waiting for something to happen. I kept waiting for Plan B.
And waiting.
And waiting.
And waiting.
It’s been three years since that meeting and since that time, there hasn’t been a real organized counter-conservative movement at all. Here we are in the early days of 2024 and Republicans find themselves again with Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee and he has become not just the leader of the party, but is able to force politicians to “bend the knee,” and as we see the Senate compromise immigration bill go down in flames, decide what if any legislation can get through Congress.
There are a lot of reasons as to why the GOP has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trump Inc, with the main one being politicians not standing up to Trump in the way that former GOP representatives, Lynn Cheney and Adam Kinzinger have done. I agree that pols have been cowardly, selling their souls for a bowl of porridge. A lot of ink has been spilled about that, but…
