We’re sure you all remember what happened when conservatives who just couldn’t abide Donald Trump put up an independent challenger who would represent true conservatism — and instead we got Evan McMullin, who’s about as conservative as Max Boot or Jennifer Rubin.
Speaking of Rubin, the Washington Post’s conservative columnist, it looks like she’s engaging in the same fantasy that Bill Kristol did in 2016 — she’s putting up realistic options to voting for Trump in 2020, and we’ll just say we weren’t shocked by the names she floated Monday.
What then do Republicans or ex-Republicans or people who usually voted Republicans do in the new political order in which the GOP has been reduced to a party of know-nothingism and blatant racism? https://t.co/0gAkvwbs8X
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 12, 2018
In truth, she offered up three options:
First, such Americans can try to mount a primary challenge — to Trump and his worst flunkies in the House and Senate (e.g., Sen. Lindsey O. Graham of South Carolina). https://t.co/0gAkvwbs8X
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 12, 2018
Hey, we’re loving Lindsey Graham 2.0, but there’s no way he runs against Trump.
And here’s what we knew was coming …
Another option is to mount independent conservative campaigns for the House, Senate and presidency. A Kasich or a Brian Sandoval or a Jeff Flake would offer a center-right candidate running on a reform platform. https://t.co/0gAkvwbs8X
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 12, 2018
Instead of Evan McMullin, you could throw away your vote on … John Kasich or Jeff Flake. Are they still Republicans even, or did they officially change parties?
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You know, we don’t even care what the third option is. Just know that one of the Washington Post’s conservative voices just voted a straight Democrat ticket on Election Day, and the other one is looking forward to Kasich or Flake running as an independent, essentially ensuring Trump’s reelection.
Flake.. lol …yeah….right….???
— Tam (@katwest987) November 12, 2018
Yep and would give trump the WH ….. again.
— RedNeck_Dem (@Redneck_Dem) November 12, 2018
as a Democrat…. this is where I get off the Rubin train
— Operation Veracity (@CA49thDistrict) November 12, 2018
Sitting here in 2018, I do not have a perfect answer. The good news is that disaffected Republicans don’t have to decide this moment what to do. Instead they should act methodically https://t.co/0gAkvwbs8X
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 12, 2018
Go ahead and run Evan McMullin again. America just wasn’t ready for him in 2016.
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