{"id":24303,"date":"2016-06-08T05:44:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T09:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=24303"},"modified":"2016-06-08T01:45:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T05:45:18","slug":"leaving-the-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/leaving-the-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving the Republican Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Former presidential candidate, Baptist minister, and supposed social conservative Mike Huckabee has chastised the NeverTrump conservatives, saying that anyone who can\u2019t accept the result of the nomination process should just leave the Republican Party<\/a>. \u00a0So lots of formerly loyal members of the Grand Old Party are saying, \u201cOK,\u201d <\/a>and cancelling their party registration.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After the jump, read Federalist<\/em> writer Steve Johnston\u2019s \u201cDeclaration of Independence from the Republican Party.\u201d \u00a0(It sums up the conservative and Christian case against Trump, including answering the \u201cbetter than Hillary\u201d and \u201cbecause the Supreme Court\u201d objections. \u00a0But it also indicts the party as a whole.)<\/div>\n
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Are\u00a0any of you taking this step? \u00a0Do you think it is wise?<\/div>\n

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From Steve Johnston, My Declaration of Independence from the Republican Party,<\/a> The Federalist<\/em>:<\/div>\n
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\u00a0I try not to get too worked up about the presidential election. I don\u2019t 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.<\/div>\n
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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\u00a0this<\/em>\u00a0bad? 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.<\/div>\n
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[Keep reading. . .]\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former presidential candidate, Baptist minister, and supposed social conservative Mike Huckabee has chastised the NeverTrump conservatives, saying that anyone who can\u2019t accept the result of the nomination process should just leave the Republican Party. \u00a0So lots of formerly loyal members of the Grand Old Party are saying, \u201cOK,\u201d and cancelling their party registration. 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