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In reply to the discussion: Kremlin attacks Morgan Freeman and insists everyone should ignore his Russia Video [View all]VOX
(22,976 posts)All members of the advisory board (and former neocon but still conservative David Frum) have frequently been on MSNBC and Bill Maher and have extensively and consistently articulated their opposition to the Trump "presidency." Max Boot, still a fiscal conservative, but now a social-liberal, wrote this for the New York Times last May:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/opinion/when-will-republicans-stand-up-to-trump.html
"If the controversy over the firing of James Comey, the F.B.I. director, has done anything, it has confirmed my decision on Nov. 9 to leave the Republican Party after a lifetime as a loyal member."
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So, yes, some of the advisory board are conservatives, and on most issues, I obviously disagree vehemently with them. But these particular cons are not "party before country" ideologues. This Russian situation actually demands a bipartisan initiative, since it's a stubborn bloc of Republicans who turn a deaf ear to this crisis. There is a crying need for certain members of the GOP to speak out against the Trump supporters in their party.
It seems to be a case of "strange bedfellows," but if that's what it takes to save the country from complete destruction by Trump, so be it. Once we're rid of this common enemy, we can go back to fighting conservatives on the pressing issues such as single-payer healthcare, women's rights, and climate change, etc.