There is no such thing as a Never Trump Republican

[melman]

Outside of cable TV and twitter this is a thing that just does not exist.

[carpetbagger]

1. My sister is one.

My 3x Nixon voting, 60 years as a Republican mother finally joined the Dem Party last year.

[Dawson Leery]

2. New Canaan and Darien CT would disagree.

Biden received a solid 60 percent from both towns. (HRC and LBJ won them too, by a much smaller margin).

[melman]

11. I grew up in New Canaan

So I know that area well. It leans Republican maybe but we're hardly talking Murfreesboro, TN here.


Anyway, the point is not that there are none anywhere but that they are statistically insignificant.


Republicans love Trump. His numbers with R's actually went up this time. Trying to court these people is useless.

[George II]

17. trump's share of votes in New Canaan dropped from 44.1% in 2016 to 40.4% in 2020. There's no way....

....at this time of knowing whether his numbers with republicans went up nationwide. In fact, there's no way of definitively knowing what his votes among republicans in 2016 were.

[melman]

19. .

[George II]

23. Confirmation that what I said was correct. Thanks!

[bearsfootball516]

3. My parents are.

Both lifelong Republicans. Both voted for Biden in North Carolina yesterday.

[Autumn]

4. No there is not. All Republicans are Trump Republicans They like his values and actions, he's just

a little too openly crass and gross for their delicate feels.

[octoberlib]

5. Yes there are. They voted for Biden. Why are you so obsessed with this?

[Autumn]

7. If Trump were not so crass and such a gross pig they would proudly and openly support him,

his values are theirs.

[octoberlib]

12. My mom's one of them and no, she wouldn't and his values aren't hers.

She thinks the party has gone way too far to the right and is becoming an Independent, which is probably what most Never Trumpers will do. She was never that political and voted GOP out of habit. No one group is monolithic.

[Autumn]

13. Well I don't know your Mom but you think what you must. Like you said, she is a Republican

she just thinks they moved too far right. If Trump were not so far right she would have been happy to vote for him.

[Azathoth]

6. They exist. They just aren't Republicans anymore

and they're unwilling to admit it to themselves.

[dawg]

8. No. They exist.

There aren't all that many of them, but they exist.

[Kahuna]

9. How do you know that? You sound so certain.

[Backseat Driver]

10. When they lie, they go covertly and bigly!

So polite to sip, not gulp down, the Kool-Aid publicly. Truth is, there's no minimal amount necessary, like slippery mercury, to kill democracy, and the broken beads on the hard floor of reason are so hard to clean up.

Question: Do PPEs include biohazard body bags?

[quickesst]

14. Yes, they exist

The Lincoln project is full of them, and although they may not be a huge group, they are genuine never-trumper's. The OP states further down the thread that if Trump was more moderate these Republicans would have voted for him. If the nominee was a moderate, what the hell would the OP expect them to do? They're Republicans for Christ's sake! They may be Republicans or former Republicans, but they recognized a madman when they saw him, and are doing everything in their power to have him removed from the White House. It looks like the only thing this thread has accomplished is to belittle some du members relatives that in this case, have been our allies to help defeat trump, and elect Joe Biden.

[melman]

15. "The OP states further down the thread that if Trump was more moderate.."

I certainly did not.

[quickesst]

16. you are right

It was Post Number 13, and someone agreeing with your OP I was addressing and was careless in misreading the name.

I apologize for the error. Other than that, I do stand by my assertion that never trumper's are genuine, and by denying that, one would have to ignore all of the Lincoln Projects efforts to remove Trump, and elect Joe Biden as worthless. Again, sorry for the misstatement.

[George II]

18. My next door neighbors on both sides are never trump republicans.

[W_HAMILTON]

20. Never trust a Republican.

[melman]

21. +1

Always the best policy.

[Todd79]

22. My dad is one

I’m the only one in the world who knows he didn’t vote for Trump. He didn’t even admit it to my mother, but I was there and he voted for Biden and admitted it to me. He hates admitting he was wrong (he’s 80 years old and part of the silent generation). Its funny since my mother is a dyed in the wool Democrat and would pat him on the back for it.