Conservatism in a Time of War
It's time to win
Gavin Wax | July 9, 2020It is a surreal time to be an American right now. The nation we grew up loving is deteriorating faster than we could have ever imagined, and the institutions we have sustained for generations are tossing us to the wolves. Of these, the most despicably craven, by a mile, is the Republican Party.
The Republican Party has addressed the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter riots in abysmal fashion. After failing to stand up for their core constituents as their livelihoods were torn away from them under draconian quarantine policies. As poor as the GOP response to COVID-19 has been, it’s their response to nationwide riots that I find most unforgivable. They have capitulated to a Marxist uprising that has unshackled the worst excesses of the modern violent left.
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The silver lining to our leadership’s utter failure, however, is the blooming of conservative grassroots, which have not been as spineless as their party leaders. The conservative grassroots is once again stepping up to fill the void left by the weak Republican leadership. . . The conservative grassroots is expressing the rage of the silent majority, the righteous anger against a movement expressing utter contempt for ordinary Americans. . . .
https://humanevents.com/2020/07/09/conservatism-in-a-time-of-war/
Unfortunately, the grass roots has lost what little influence it had in the GOP. With the rules changes passed in 2016 (thanks to Trump), the local structures have been completely shut out of the national process, even to the point where their own state conventions are run by the national party.
