Leaving The Republican Party

Former presidential candidate, Baptist minister, and supposed social conservative Mike Huckabee has chastised the NeverTrump conservatives, saying that anyone who can’t accept the result of the nomination process should just leave the Republican Party. So lots of formerly loyal members of the Grand Old Party are saying, “OK,” and cancelling their party registration.

After the jump, read Federalist writer Steve Johnston’s “Declaration of Independence from the Republican Party.” (It sums up the conservative and Christian case against Trump, including answering the “better than Hillary” and “because the Supreme Court” objections. But it also indicts the party as a whole.)

Are any of you taking this step? Do you think it is wise?

From Steve Johnston, My Declaration of Independence from the Republican Party, The Federalist:

I try not to get too worked up about the presidential election. I don’t believe any single person can make America great again. In fact, I think we are in for very rough times ahead, both economically and culturally, regardless of who is elected as our next president.

But the past couple of weeks have been especially gut-wrenching. What do you do when it appears that your options are going to be this bad? After much thought, I have decided that I cannot, in good conscience, support Donald Trump, or a party that submits to him. As a result, I feel the need to declare the causes which impel me to separate from the Republican Party.

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