A Conversation Where There Used To Be Tweets
I told myself that I would vote for Trump but would not change my standards for him.
by Debra J. Saunders
August 1, 2021, 12:39 AM
Ahead of and after the 2020 presidential election, a number of my friends who also are Republican women engaged in what came to be known as “The Conversation.”
As special House Committee hearings on the January 6 Capitol attacks have begun, there’s a new conversation in the air.
In 2016, many Republican women I know — men, too — told each other they didn’t vote for Donald Trump because they didn’t like the way he talked and tweeted. But also, they weren’t sure Trump would govern from the right.
Some voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson. Others wrote in the names of whomever they’d prefer as the GOP nominee.
But in 2020, we voted for Trump. We liked his Supreme Court picks, his foreign policy, and his approach to economics. I especially appreciated how he ignored the experts and pushed for rapid vaccine development.
We voted for Trump because, unlike Trump, we didn’t let our egos dictate our politics.
I told myself that I would vote for Trump but would not change my standards for him.
After he lost in November, Trump kept bumping up against those standards.
During the infamous January 6 rally, Trump told supporters to “demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated” (according to his definition) and “get rid of the weak” members of Congress.
His definition of “weak” naturally meant: strong enough to stand up to Trump.
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