The Memo: ‘Never Trumpers’ are close to giving up hope
Niall Stanage
Former President Trump is on the cusp of becoming the GOP’s presumptive nominee for the third time.
It’s a scenario that leaves the band of conservatives opposed to him appalled — and deeply pessimistic about the future of the party.
“It’s his party, plain and simple. I’m not a fan of his, but it’s a MAGA party now, and he’s the leader of that,” said former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), who mounted a long-shot primary challenge to Trump in 2020 and left the GOP soon afterward.
“This party cannot be reformed, cannot be fixed. It’s on the track it’s on,” Walsh acknowledged. “I don’t see, in my lifetime, it getting off this track.”
Susan Del Percio, a strategist who has remained a Republican despite her fervent opposition to Trump, struck a broadly similar note — though she believes the party could move back onto a more traditional footing once Trump eventually leaves the political stage.
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