#NeverTrump: The media is using you as pawns. Don't Let Them.American Thinker, June 20, 2016, Eugene Slaven
The media's unbridled giddiness over the #NeverTrump camp's worsening Trump Derangement Syndrome is palpable.
Without delving into the debate on the merits of the #NeverTrump movement, it is painfully clear that at this point, the #NeverTrump movement is aiding and abetting the left.
There's no question that many in the #NeverTrump movement aren't just refusing to vote for Trump; they actually want Hillary Clinton to win. But even if you think that's insane, there's an enormous difference between wanting Donald Trump to lose and legitimizing the left's unrelenting assault on our values. The former is a short-term political calculation; the latter is a massive strategic blunder.
It appears that #NeverTrump Republicans, who receive ample air time from the press that adores them for their implicit commitment to electing Hillary Clinton, are happy to validate every left-wing talking point, every calumny, so long as it damages Trump.
The hordes of #NeverTrump Republicans pervading the airwaves to supply political analysis in the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack crystalize this phenomenon. They're not on TV to defend the Second Amendment, or to explain to the ignorant media elites what an "assault" rifle is. Nor are they there to describe the threat posed by radical Islam, or make the case for why the Obama administration has been an abject failure in the fight against barbaric savages. They're certainly not on TV to rebut the leftist narrative blaming American culture and Republicans for the Orlando massacre, a narrative underscored by a vile New York Times editorial.
No, instead of pushing back, the media's #NeverTrump darlings obsequiously oblige the media's Trump-bashing and are routinely baited by the media into attacking Trump.
This is criminally shortsighted and negligent. Like all political actors, Trump is a transient phenomenon, whereas the battle for the soul of our republic is perennial. If you're willing to allow the left's propagandists in the mainstream media to bait you into accepting left-wing dogma, then you're not on the winning side of the battle.
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While the piling on may hurt Trump, the more consequential result is that it helps the left.
I know most of the #NeverTrump crowd vehemently opposes the left's narratives and ideological agenda. But blinded by their Trump-hatred, they appear to be oblivious to the fact that their inability to deftly pivot from disagreeing with Trump to countering the media's left-wing talking points is aiding and abetting the left.
Don't like Trump? Won't vote for him? Fine. But don't lose sight of the bigger conflict between the left and the right, between two competing visions for our country. Understand that the media is using you as pawns in their war on our values. Fight back as hard as if your preferred Republican had won the nomination, because I know that you know the media would be viciously attacking any other Republican nominee right now. They are not anti-Trump so much as they're pro-Hillary, and more broadly, pro-left.
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