I understand why some conservatives are opposed to a
Donald Trump presidency. I’m not thrilled that this man won the
Republican nomination. My guy was Ted
Cruz. Needless to say, I was shocked and
disappointed that the South overwhelmingly voted for Trump. We had a chance to put a real conservative in
office and failed. However, I’m not
going to tacitly sit home and watch Hillary Clinton win this election because
of pride. This woman is an outright
criminal and my opposition to her outweighs any reservations I have about
Trump.
The acrimony directed at Donald Trump by self-proclaimed
conservatives is truly astonishing considering the alternative. Some are more thoughtful in their opposition such
as the signatories of Orginalists Against Trump. Here are their bullet points.
The President must take care that the laws be
faithfully executed; he admires dictators as above the law.
The President must serve as Commander in Chief,
enforcing rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
he praises armed repression and makes light of the laws of war.
The President must hold a public trust on behalf of
all Americans; he courts those who would deny to others the equal protection of
the laws.
The President must preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution; he has treated the legal system as a tool for arbitrary and
discriminatory ends, especially against those who criticize him or his
policies.
These people act as though Trump were president
these past eight years. In the meantime,
Barack Obama acted like a dictator; he has used the tools of government to repress
opposition and denied equal protection of the law to subset groups his party
disagreed with. My question is, where in
the hell have these people been these past eight years?! Better yet, do they think Hillary Clinton
will be better? Here is their weak justification.
We are under no illusions about the
choices posed by this election—or about whether Hillary Clinton, were she
elected, would be any friend to originalism. Yet our country’s commitment to
its Constitution is not so fragile that it can be undone by a single
administration or a single court. Originalism has faced setbacks before; it has
recovered. Whoever wins in November, it will do so again.
Originalism is a commitment to the
Constitution, not to any one political party. And not every person who
professes support for originalism is therefore prepared to be President. We
happen to see Trump as uniquely unsuited to the office, and we will not be
voting for him.
Originalism was undone by the
Progressive Movement over a hundred years ago and both political parties are
responsible for it. Our country’s
commitment to the Constitution was destroyed when Congress relegated itself as
mere overseers to a pseudo-legislative bureaucracy.
As far as I’m concerned, anyone who
believes Washington D.C. is committed to the Constitution of the United States
is delusional. These so-called public
servants become oath breakers the moment they take their hand off the Bible. It is time to accept the fact we are in a
post-constitutional America.
Here is my message to the Never Trumpers: I will vote for Donald Trump simply because
everyone is against him. This man will
not get away with starting wars, breaking laws or punishing his political opponents for that
very reason. Can anyone say the same about
Hillary Clinton?
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