\nIn 2016, Donald Trump narrowly defeated Hillary Clinton, winning the\nPresidency by 77,000 votes spread over Michigan, Wisconsin, and\nPennsylvania. Both candidates had\nhistorically high unfavorable ratings. \nTrump, then an infamous reality TV star and failed businessman was nevertheless\na political neophyte. Despite\ninappropriate speech and behavior during the campaign, voters believed that\nafter taking office he would make the necessary and expected modifications and\nadjust to being President. They could at\nthat time excuse an abhorrent record of behavior in their belief he would do\ngood things for the country. Fast\nforward to now as we rapidly approach the 2020 Election. The country has seen the real Donald Trump\nfor almost three years in office. Any\nhope and uncertainty as to how he would lead is long gone. The stakes are as high as they have ever been\nfor a national election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThree years of President Trump has led to the worst division this\ncountry has ever seen. Some refer to it\nas a \u201ccold civil war.\u201d Trump seeks to\nfurther divide the nation with vile rhetoric, overt racism, and daily\ndishonesty to the point he demonstrably lies far more than he tells the truth. He not only fails to condemn white supremacy;\nhe has thoroughly embraced it. His\npersonal conduct in office is entirely reprehensible. Some Republican voters have maintained the\nfalsity that they can strongly disapprove of Trump\u2019s disgusting behavior but\nvote for him solely because they like tax cuts or conservative judges. Perhaps voters could justify that in 2016\nwhile there was still the unknown, but such an argument on 2020 is completely fallacious. After 3 years, Trump\u2019s abhorrent conduct has\ndegraded rather than improved and there is no indication he will change. He further divides the nation rather do his\nduty to unite. In the face of tragedy,\nhe sinks even lower. The country is at\nthe breaking point. There is no longer\nany viable separation or distinction between Trump policy and Trump repugnant personal\nconduct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAssuming Trump remains the nominee for 2020, Republican voters will face\na very real challenge. They cannot vote\nfor Trump based on policy alone without endorsing his detestable conduct. Trump\u2019s rabidly loyal base, consisting of his\nfellow racists, white supremacists, nationalists, and xenophobes, will most\ncertainly come out in droves to vote for their champion. However, there are good, decent traditional Republicans\nout there who need to do the right thing for the country. We may disagree on various policy issues, but\nthese are upright people who do not support Trump\u2019s rhetoric. They were long time loyal Republicans well before\nTrump stole their party and believe in a more traditional, mainstream\nconservative agenda, not Trump\u2019s new white nationalism. Our future may very depend on them doing what\nis necessary in this most unusual election. \nThe country cannot afford and may truly not be able to survive the\ninevitable damage that would be done by a second Trump term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republicans, there is no neutrality this time. There is no basis to believe he would change in any meaningful way and abandon the hate and division that have been the hallmark of his politics. There is no legitimate argument that voters can vote for Trump because of traditional Republican policy and reject his abhorrent rhetoric and behavior. Such would simply defy logic and reality at this point. There were not good people on both sides when decent people stood up to the hate and violence spewed by a white supremacist march and there can not be good people on both sides in 2020 when one side fights for our democracy and return to decency in the White House and the other aims to ratify and take even further Trump\u2019s reprehensible conduct to the clear detriment of the nation. Any and every vote for Trump in 2020 is a clear statement in favor of his ongoing racism, white supremacy, hatred, and violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All decent Republicans who oppose Trump\u2019s rhetoric, oppose white supremacy, and care about the country cannot vote for Trump. They have the choice to stay home, vote for the Democratic nominee, or vote for a third-party candidate. Whatever they do, they cannot vote for Trump and then distance themselves from his white supremacy, etc. They cannot claim to be voting only for certain Republican policy priorities and not for the man who leads their ballot. There is simply no such distinction. Anyone who votes for Trump in 2020 is endorsing his hateful, divisive rhetoric and conduct. The 2020 stakes are way too high and the danger is way too great. Republicans need to do what is right for the country and begin to take back their party. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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