Why the GOP spurning Trump is ultimately a good thing
Some people never learn.
An angry, defiant yet patriotic GOP electorate turned out by the millions to give populist outsider Donald Trump wins in 27 primaries. He beat Bush, Rubio, Cruz, the rest of the crowded field and all of the big donors used to calling the shots.
Trump won in the South, the Northeast, the Southwest, and the Rust Belt. He won pluralities of women, men, Hispanics, blacks, college and high school graduates. He made several controversial statements that pundits predicted would finish him. None of them did. He was unrepentant and unrelenting — which came off as refreshing compared to the poll-tested reactions from the rest of the field. If he was a bully — he was their bully fighting the corrupt government and political correctness so many have grown tired of.
After this brutal, almost year-long stretch, one might think that the Republicans in power would have had a revelation or two. Maybe the obsessive push for TPP or immigration amnesty was wrongheaded. Maybe they need to oppose liberal policies instead of cave to them. Maybe they should recognize that the last Bush administration made some key errors that we need not repeat. (After all, the GOP lost the House and the Senate between 2006 and 2008.)
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Considering all the BS Ryan has passed that is anti-conservative, shouldn't it be he that goes to Trump to prove his legitimacy? With a person rallying in Wisconsin for his spot on the GOP ticket for Congress next fall, I would think Ryan would be more concerned about his personal re-election campaign given all the crap he's passed in the name of Obama, rather than worrying about Trump's conservatism. He's a man with big trouble right now and all he did by not endorsing him is giving his opponent, Paul Nehlen, more ammo to use against him in their August primary. You might see Ryan going bye-bye by his own constituency considering the TPP directly hurt many Wisconsins' their jobs. You just can't fix stupid.
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