I recently read an interesting story in TIME magazine entitled “Revenge of the Never Trumpers.”
It tells about the organizing of groups of mostly Republicans dissatisfied with President Trump for his Tweeting practices, being cozy with dictators, his mishandling of the COVID 19 pandemic, and his propensity to fire people among other things.
These groups are generally known as RVAT’s, Republicans Voting Against Trump. Most well known is the Lincoln Project with others called the Right Side PAC and the very interesting “#43 Alumni for Biden” with ties to former President George W. Bush’s administration.
Jack Speilman had been a Republican his whole life. A retired Army cybersecurity engineer Speilman had already decided he could not vote for Trump again, but when the President fired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vineman for testifying in the impeachment hearings the camel’s back was broken. He knew he was not only voting for Joe Biden, but he’d start persuading others to follow suit. He even filmed a video where he tries to correct the wrong he did in voting for Trump.
One of the founders of the Lincoln Project is George Conway, Kellyanne’s husband. You know, she’s President Trump’s media defender in Chief. After Lincoln ran a video in May called “Mourning in America” taking Trump to task about sick and unemployed Americans he Tweeted this. “I don’t know what Kellyanne did to her deranged loser of a husband, Moonface, but it must have been really bad.”
These “Never Trumper” groups understand they are up against a giant obstacle in an incumbent president that possesses a giant war chest and who until recently was supported by 90% of Republicans.
The RVAT’s are chipping away at Trump’s party approval level as it’s dropped to 78%.
The Never Trumps are encouraged that Trump won Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania by just 77,000 votes. That gives RVAT’s one very manageable target. If they can convince a small slice of disenchanted Trump ‘16 voters along with a majority of right-leaning independents to vote for Biden they might well change the 2020 outcome.
Jack Speilman concluded, “I’m not leaving the party, but I want to fight for what’s right for the party.”
Guess I have to agree with him because it’s no fun being a RINO – that’s a Republican in name only.
I’m Steve Sauder and “There’s Something to Think About.”
