Never Trump movement

From Conservapedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 1990'sguy (Talk | contribs) at 15:35, December 20, 2017. It may differ significantly from current revision.

Jump to: navigation, search
See also: Opposition to Donald Trump

The Never Trump movement was a political group opposed to Donald Trump's candidacy for President, even after Trump became the front-runner in the 2016 Republican presidential race. The movement included neocons, Cruzites, Leftists, feminists, and pro-illegal immigration Democrats. There are also some liberal-leaning Republicans who declared their opposition to Trump. These Republican opponents included a handful of current and former elected officials, and a few mostly older commentators and academics. By March 2016, over $63 million had been spent on ads attacking Trump.[1] Trump was attacked by 187 organizations directly funded by George Soros.[2]

The stated reasons and motivations of Republican opponents of Trump varied. Some churches opposed Trump because they supported illegal immigration. A few Washington, D.C.-based pro-life organizations and in academia claimed that they opposed Trump based in part on his past comments about women, despite how that is a feminist objection and the current feminists generally support abortion. A "Catholic" letter was publicized against Trump, even though Trump's top campaign staff consisted of devout Catholics and he even spoke highly of Pope Francis, despite the Pope's harsh criticism of Trump's support for building a wall against illegal immigration.

Trump entered the 2016 Republican national convention with a majority unfavorable poll number among the entire American people, rather than just GOP primary voters, likely due to unrelentless leftist attacks against him.[3][4] Regardless, Trump won the primaries and the general election in a historic landslide.[5][6]

2016 presidential election

The so-called "pro-life" letter against Trump

A letter signed by merely ten pro-lifers, two of whom were officers of the Susan B. Anthony List, a conservative organization that has been associated with feminism, criticized Trump on the eve of the Iowa caucuses. The letter expressly sided with feminist Megyn Kelly against Trump:[7]

“ Moreover, as women, we are disgusted by Mr. Trump’s treatment of individuals, women, in particular. He has impugned the dignity of women, most notably Megyn Kelly, he mocked and bullied Carly Fiorina, and has through the years made disparaging public comments to and about many women. Further, Mr. Trump has profited from the exploitation of women in his Atlantic City casino hotel which boasted of the first strip club casino in the country. ”

There is nothing pro-life about the foregoing criticism. Feminists, as a group other than the individuals mentioned above, are generally big supporters of taxpayer-funded abortion.

"An Appeal to Our Fellow Catholics" letter

A so-called Catholic letter dated March 7, 2016 and containing 37 signatories—more than 20% who were associated with the "Ethics and Public Policy Center"—attempted to make a Catholic case against voting for Donald Trump.[8] Here is an excerpt from the letter, which was posted online by National Review:

“ Donald Trump is manifestly unfit to be president of the United States. His campaign has already driven our politics down to new levels of vulgarity. His appeals to racial and ethnic fears and prejudice are offensive to any genuinely Catholic sensibility. He promised to order U.S. military personnel to torture terrorist suspects and to kill terrorists’ families — actions condemned by the Church and policies that would bring shame upon our country. ”

One may question what, if anything, the above issue have to do with Catholicism.

The so-called "Conservatives Against Trump" rant in National Review

On Jan. 21, 2016, the neoconservative-leading National Review published a list of 22 individuals who oppose Donald Trump.[9] Most of these individuals are associated with the media, such as Glenn Beck.

The Con Con movement

Many of the Republicans who seek a new federal constitutional convention, or an Article V convention, refused to endorse Donald Trump. For example, Michael Farris stated that he would not endorse Trump. The Koch brothers also were anti-Trump.

Convention delegate fight

Although Trump won a majority of Republican state primaries,[10] many states did not award delegates on a statewide winner take all basis. In addition, although candidates for convention delegates are pledged to specific Presidential candidates, in many cases the individuals selected to serve as delegates are not strong advocates for their pledges.[11] As a result, the Anti-Trump movement unsuccessfully sought to change the rules for the Republican National Convention to eliminate the requirement that delegates pledged to Trump actually vote to nominate Trump as President.

During Trump's presidency

Many never-Trumpers have refused to give Trump credit when he made a decision as president they liked. For example, while some Never Trumpers congratulated President Trump for declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, others – even those known for supporting Israel – stayed silent on the declaration.[12] Other never-Trumpers eventually warmed to president Trump after seeing his actions as president, and they acknowledged his achievements.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ $63 Million and Counting: Anti-Trump Ads Take Over the Airwaves, ABC, March 19, 2016
  2. ↑ Trump under attack by 187 organizations directly funded by George Soros, http://drrichswier.com/, March 20, 2016
  3. ↑ "Poll Chart: Donald Trump Favorable Rating", Huffington Post. Retrieved on March 21, 2017. 
  4. ↑ "Poll: Clinton, Trump most unfavorable candidates ever", USA Today, Aug 31, 2016. Retrieved on March 21, 2017. “Among U.S. adults, Clinton now has a 56% unfavorability rating, while Trump had 63%.” 
  5. ↑ Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset. Fox News. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ Goldmacher, Shane & Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history. Politico. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/26/antiabortion-activists-to-iowa-voters-support-anyone-but-donald-trump/
  8. ↑ http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432437/donald-trump-catholic-opposition-statement
  9. ↑ http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430126/donald-trump-conservatives-oppose-nomination
  10. ↑ Republican Convention. The Green Papers. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ Peters, Jeremy. "In Pennsylvania, Unbound Delegates Remain Wary of Donald Trump", New York Times, April 27, 2016. Retrieved on March 21, 2017. 
  12. ↑ Pollak, Joel B. (December 6, 2017). #NeverTrump on Jerusalem, Embassy Decision: ‘Good for Trump’. Breitbart News. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ Shaw, Adam (December 19, 2017). ‘Never Trump’ Conservatives Soften to President Trump, Hail His Achievements. Breitbart News. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
Retrieved from "https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Never_Trump_movement&oldid=1392961"