Trump Derangement, Not Principles, Drives the Jump-Ship Crowd

Think Trump is a poor GOP president? Fine. Think Hillary would be preferable? You’re crazy.

JONATHAN S. TOBIN:

Leaving the party — destroying it to save it — won’t work.

“…As I wrote in March about Boot, and as Charles Cooke has also discussed with respect to Jennifer Rubin (another of my former Commentary colleagues), the issue isn’t so much about how Trump has changed the GOP as how Trump derangement has changed them. Both now take positions that are contrary to the stands they took prior to 2016. If Trump is for something, they’re against it even if they used to support it. If he’s against it, they’re for it even if they used to oppose it…”

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