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Never Trump movement
The Never Trump movement (also known as #nevertrump, Stop Trump, anti-Trump, or Dump Trump movement) is a conservative political movement that opposes Trumpism and U.S. president Donald Trump, and in general, supports a putative return to a more rules-based internationalist, norm-following, ideologically conservative-oriented Republican party. The name originates from how much of a possibility there was that the party's adherents could be "persuaded to vote for Trump in the 2016 general election".
It is generally made up of "long-standing, professional Republicans or conservatives", donors, consultants, operatives, writers and commentators, as well as Republican officeholders. Many of the last group have abandoned the cause and journeyed to Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago to "kiss the ring" or "bend the knee", as rank and file support for Trump has remained strong, and his takeover of the Republican party has been consolidated.
The movement began as an effort on the part of a group of Republicans (known as Never Trump Republicans) and other prominent conservatives to prevent Republican front-runner Trump from obtaining the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination, and after he was nominated, from winning the 2016 United States presidential election. Following his victory, remaining adherents worked to foil his re-election in 2020, and then his return in 2024.
With his second presidential election victory in 2024, the New York Times described dissenters in the Republican party as having "been driven into retirement, defeated in primaries or cowed into silence".
Early in its existence, the movement was compared to the Mugwumps, Republicans in the 1884 United States presidential election who refused to back party nominee James G. Blaine and instead threw support for Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland. Trump himself has condemned the movement as "more dangerous for our Country than the Do Nothing Democrats" and has described its supporters as "human scum".
A 2020 book review in National Review magazine (written by Dan McLaughlin) listed as motivators of conservative opponents Trump's
As of late 2024 another list (written by Ashley Pratte Oates) of what turned (some) conservatives against Trump included:
his convictions on 34 felony counts and overwhelming evidence that he incited violence against the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and illegally retained classified documents; his racist, sexist and divisive rhetoric; his cozying up to dictators; his attacks on our Constitution, which he has called for terminating when it didn’t suit him.
Never Trump movement
The Never Trump movement (also known as #nevertrump, Stop Trump, anti-Trump, or Dump Trump movement) is a conservative political movement that opposes Trumpism and U.S. president Donald Trump, and in general, supports a putative return to a more rules-based internationalist, norm-following, ideologically conservative-oriented Republican party. The name originates from how much of a possibility there was that the party's adherents could be "persuaded to vote for Trump in the 2016 general election".
It is generally made up of "long-standing, professional Republicans or conservatives", donors, consultants, operatives, writers and commentators, as well as Republican officeholders. Many of the last group have abandoned the cause and journeyed to Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago to "kiss the ring" or "bend the knee", as rank and file support for Trump has remained strong, and his takeover of the Republican party has been consolidated.
The movement began as an effort on the part of a group of Republicans (known as Never Trump Republicans) and other prominent conservatives to prevent Republican front-runner Trump from obtaining the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination, and after he was nominated, from winning the 2016 United States presidential election. Following his victory, remaining adherents worked to foil his re-election in 2020, and then his return in 2024.
With his second presidential election victory in 2024, the New York Times described dissenters in the Republican party as having "been driven into retirement, defeated in primaries or cowed into silence".
Early in its existence, the movement was compared to the Mugwumps, Republicans in the 1884 United States presidential election who refused to back party nominee James G. Blaine and instead threw support for Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland. Trump himself has condemned the movement as "more dangerous for our Country than the Do Nothing Democrats" and has described its supporters as "human scum".
A 2020 book review in National Review magazine (written by Dan McLaughlin) listed as motivators of conservative opponents Trump's
As of late 2024 another list (written by Ashley Pratte Oates) of what turned (some) conservatives against Trump included:
his convictions on 34 felony counts and overwhelming evidence that he incited violence against the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and illegally retained classified documents; his racist, sexist and divisive rhetoric; his cozying up to dictators; his attacks on our Constitution, which he has called for terminating when it didn’t suit him.