Only two weeks and three days into the Trump Presidency, and many principled conservatives are clearly opposing Donald Trump, and speaking out against him.
This includes Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska; independent 2016 Presidential candidate Evan McMullin; Weekly Standard Publisher and Editor Bill Kristol; former Reagan speechwriter and columnist Peggy Noonan; former Bush II speechwriter and columnist David Frum; conservative columnist George Will; and NY Times columnist David Brooks.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, as these and others in the conservative movement and in the Republican Party in and out of Congress are horrified by his unconstitutional actions and rhetoric, and signs of a growing Fascism directed by White House aides Stephen Bannon, Stephen Miller, and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
There are hints that people working in the White House and in the Cabinet agencies are uneasy and disturbed, and it is possible we might have some prominent figures announce their split with their boss and his dangerous extremists who are taking charge and putting the nation in danger as a result, both in domestic and foreign policy.
With the immigration travel ban being contested now in the federal courts, we may be on the way to a quick movement to force Trump out of office for violating his Constitutional oath of office.
The nation and the world are standing by in trepidation as to how much damage Trump has wrought and will continue to do so.
Fox News has gotten rid of George Will. Lawrence mentioned it on his show last night.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/01/23/george-will-on-leaving-fox-news-its-their-toy/?utm_term=.b47dfc820d51
I agree except for William Kristol. I would not label him a principled conservative.
He is a righteous neo conservative that shoots first and asks questions later when it comes to the Middle East.
I agree with you, Paul, and find Kristol obnoxious with that smirk of his, and his cockiness and arrogance!
McConnell silencing Elizabeth Warren but letting male Democratic senators get to read the letter uninterrupted strikes me as sexist.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/jeff-merkley-mark-udall-elizabeth-warren/index.html
Can’t stand Lindsey Graham!
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/kfile-graham-on-warren/index.html
Carly Fiorina is planning to run against Tim Kaine for Senate in 2018.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/carly-fiorina-2018-virginia-senate-run-234789
The thought of Carly Fiorina in the Senate from Virginia, Southern Liberal, is YUCK!
Andrew Sullivan says journalists are ignoring Trump’s mental health.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/12/media/andrew-sullivan-donald-trump-mental-health/index.html