Never Trumpers Are Never Victory

Last Night, Anthony Scaramucci had an interesting conversation with Steve Hilton on The Next Revolution. Scaramucci served a short-lived term as the White House’s communication director in the Trump Administration, and the two had a public falling out. To say Scaramucci is still sour about it is an understatement, but the interview revealed more than the bitter path to becoming a “Never Trumper.” It revealed their destructive mindset.

Scaramucci tried to make a three-point case for supporting Joe Biden over President Trump:

1.       The economy is upside down.

2.       Trump politicized the science of the pandemic.

3.       The Republican Party is shrinking the tent.

The first charge is perhaps the most unfair against the president. Yes, the economy is in a bad spot. That’s to be expected when you pump the breaks on American industry at the promise of saving lives. I’ve personally never been a fan of lockdowns, but I belong to a vocal minority. It’s curious that Trump critics don’t want to lay any of the blame at the feet of individual governors who made and enforced crippling policies that devastated businesses.

And the obvious question becomes: who would you rather restore the economy? Joe Biden has a lackadaisical opinion on China, he was apart of an administration that had extremely slow economic recovery, and he promised to raise our taxes by undoing the Trump tax cut. He said in a debate that he’d be willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of blue-collar jobs for a greener economy. He walked up to a young climate activist, shook her hand, and promised to end fossil fuels. President Trump had the lowest unemployment on record for blacks, Hispanics, and women.

The second charge is perhaps the most bizarre. President Trump didn’t seek to make the coronavirus political. When Trump announced he was going to stop travel from China, it was Democrats like Joe Biden who said it was out of xenophobia.

Why would anyone want to lockdown and ruin the incredible economy President Trump had? The President recommended lockdowns because he listened to his medical experts, and this was at great political expense.

Networks like CNN chronicled Anthony Cuomo’s battle with COVID while being locked in his basement, when in reality, he broke quarantine. The media gives glowing reviews to Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York (32,000 plus deaths), yet they find every opportunity to ruin Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida (8,100 plus deaths).

Business owners, employees who wanted to feed their families, and patriots concerned about their liberty were vilified when they protested at their state capitols for reopen. But when Black Lives Matter wanted to take to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, not only did governor’s and mayors hit the streets, but healthcare professionals did as well. Even riots were ignored or excused by the media.

The oddest politicization is with hydroxychloroquine. The media is doing it’s best to make an inexpensive drug, that has been around for over 50 years, dangerous. Bloomberg News ran a story in March on how an overprescribed amount of the drug can kill you, as if that were newsworthy or not relatable to basically any other drug. They fabricated a narrative of the Lenius family, who infamously took fish tank cleaner. ABC News and other outlets portrayed a story of Trump supporters who listened to their president and didn’t want to get sick. In reality, the wife was a democrat donor with a history of giving money to pro-science progressive organizations and violence. Her husband died from ingesting the chemical.

The last charge is the most revealing. Scaramucci says that Trump is polarizing, and republicans will become a minority party if we don’t broaden our tent. The Republican Party does need to broaden their tent, but they’ve failed to broaden it for years. Republican elitists and consultants (looking for the easiest paycheck possible) do not believe in hitting the ground and having real conversations with minorities. Uttering the name “Trump” will automatically place people on the defensive. True. Uttering “republican” will often do the same. Polarizing hate isn’t new. The world just isn’t used to a republican hitting back. But if the party made an effort to talk issue to issue with voters, they would be able to see real progress. Instead, they just collect data to know who to call on election day for get-out-the-vote efforts.

I understand that Trump rubs suburbans the wrong way, but republicans can still make their case if we compare policies and examine how Trump’s former roaring economy was better than the tax-hike future Joe Biden has in mind.

And if Trump ends up truly unpopular, the next republican candidate can simply run on being a “true” republican. Trump ran on trashing Bush’s foreign policy, and it worked out for him.

Trump has also appealed to voters who haven’t voted ever or didn’t consider voting republican. He appealed to a lot of blue-collar workers, and I am constantly surprised by who I hear is planning on voting for Trump in November, many life-long black democrats.

Scaramucci would rather take a loss, deal with Joe Biden’s progressive policies that could have devastating effects for the rest of the country, all in order to save the republican party. Here’s a real question: why would anyone want to be apart of a party with no backbone that would so readily sacrifice their country? When Hilton brought up that Joe Biden’s tax plans will hurt low-income families and how he’ll destroy charter schools, Scaramucci brushed it all off. He says he doesn’t agree with those things, but he is willing to back a candidate who will implement an agenda that is opposite to his own goals.

The truth is, Trump is a disruptor. Never Trumpers rather maintain decorum than win or get anything done. Whether they seek adulation from foes who despise them like Senator Mitt Romney or profess a “why can’t we all get along” attitude like former Governor John Kasich, they’d rather lose than lead. It’s fine to criticize and disagree with the president, but why risk the next four years of the nation by putting it into the hands of progressives?

The interview also revealed one other thing: America is much better off now that Scaramucci is no longer communications director. His performance was disgraceful.