
<p>The prominent Republicans who have abandoned the GOP have no future in politics. ; Not as Republicans and not as Democrats. While they are promoted as a group, they are best seen as individuals. ; Their only common thread is that they hate Donald Trump. ; But they have taken different tracks.</p>



<p>Some limit their opposition to Trump – maintaining their GOP membership and support of down ballot Republican candidates. ; Others claim to maintain their conservative values and call themselves Republicans but are supporting the Democratic Party in a broader sense. ; Others – the most honest of the lot – have left the GOP and any conservative values they might have previously held.</p>



<p>Since each case is different, we should look at them individually.</p>



<p>Former Wyoming Congresswoman <strong>Liz Cheney</strong> is the most prominent member of the apostates. ; She was among the most rock-solid conservatives in Congress, but she did vote to impeach Trump. ; In response, then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ousted her from leadership – needlessly creating a woman scorned.</p>



<p>(In a previous commentary, I called out McCarthy for his boneheaded action. ; If she had been allowed to retain her leadership, she would never have joined the January 6 Committee. Neither she nor her father would be endorsing Vice President Harris – in my judgment.)</p>



<p>Cheney subsequently lost her congressional seat. ; Her only current political visibility is as a useful idiot for the Democrats. ; Once she is no longer useful, she will no longer have a role in politics. There is a chance, however, that she may get a job with one of the left-leaning news outlets as others have.</p>



<p>Speaking of former Vice President <strong>Dick Cheney</strong>. ; His endorsement of Harris is insignificant. ; He is a political has been. ; He did not even come out of obscurity to personally state his support for Harris. It was announced by Liz.</p>



<p>Vice President <strong>Mike Pence</strong> has said he will not vote for Trump. ; He will not vote for Harris, either. ; While he remains a Republican, there are not a lot of GOP candidates seeking his endorsement. ; He is on his way to political obscurity. ; ; Which is too bad, since I always liked the guy – even when Trump did not.</p>



<p>Former Congressman <strong>Adam Kinzinger</strong> follows in the footsteps of Cheney. ; He is not only supporting Harris, but he is supporting – and fundraising for – Democrat candidates up and down the ticket. ; Like Cheney, he lost his House seat. ; Kinzinger has already cut the deal with left-wing media. ; He appears regularly as a paid “contributor.”</p>



<p>Former Republican National Chairman <strong>Michael Steele</strong> is now deeply embedded as a Democratic Party operative and media personality. ; ; ; He occasionally refers to himself as a Republican, but that is a false flag. ; ; Steele’s switch in party and philosophy is easy to understand. ; Money. ; He is taking the big bucks from MSNBC to parrot the party line. ; His future depends entirely on ratings.</p>



<p>Attorney <strong>George Conway</strong> never had much of a political career – and less of one going forward. ; His claim to fame was being married to Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman Kellyanne Conway. His hostility to Trump arose only after he was denied a job with the Trump administration. ; He was one of the founders of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and more recently set up his own PsychoPAC. ; George Conway’s obsessive hatred of Trump and his personal bitterness is trumping political or philosophic considerations. ; Conway has been so acerbic in his television interviews that even the left-wing press limits his appearances.</p>



<p>One-time leading conservative activist/writer, <strong>Bill Kristol</strong>, has almost dropped out of sight completely. ; His father, Irving Kristol, was an icon in the conservative movement. ; The younger Kristol was founder of the conservative publication, The Weekly Standard –now defunct. ; Following his flip to the left, Kristol had to find a new home – and he serves as editor-at-large for The Bulwark – a publication that was once conservative but is now populated by anti-Trumpers and false-flaggers. ; ; Once Bill joined the anti-Trump clan, he was a ubiquitous guest on MSNBC and CNN. ; Not so much anymore. Kristol had a brief political job as chief of staff for Vice President Dan Quayle.</p>



<p>There is a host of former Republicans who now pledge fealty to the Democratic Party and its increasing left-wing ideology. ; They populate the airwaves. ; A few names &#8230; MSNBC’s <strong>Nicole Wallace</strong> and <strong>Joe Scarborough</strong> – who, like Michael Steele, host their own shows.</p>



<p>The Republican apostate guest and contributor class includes such folks as former GOP Florida Congressman <strong>David Jolly</strong>, former Illinois Congressman <strong>Joe Walsh</strong>, former GOP strategist <strong>Susan Del Percio</strong>, GOP activist <strong>Ana Navarro</strong>, former Pence aide <strong>Olivia Troye</strong>, former aide to Arizona Senator John McCain <strong>Steve Schmidt</strong>, Bulwark founder <strong>Charlie Sykes</strong>, Bulwark Publisher and founder of Voters Against Trump (renamed Republican Accountability Project) <strong>Sara Longwell</strong>, Bulwark’s <strong>Tim Miller</strong>, Bush and McCain advisor <strong>Mark McKinnon</strong> and others.</p>



<p>Those associated with The Bulwark still claim the publication is conservative even though they now promote it as politically neutral. ; Regardless of it operates as an anti-Trump, anti-Republican AND anti-conservative vehicle.</p>



<p>Recently, 200 aides to McCain, Bush and Romney issued a letter first endorsing President Biden and now Harris. While it can be reasonably argued that this level of partisan switch-a-roos is unprecedented, the real issue is whether they will have a significant impact. </p>



<p>Most of these owe their media visibility to their anti-Trump stand.<a> </a>Once Trump is in the rearview mirror politically, methinks this cadre of useful idiots will no longer be useful. And that means they drop into the political abyss.</p>



<p>When Liz Cheney announced that she was voting for Harris, the left-wing press called it ; ;  ;“blockbuster news” &#8230; ; a “major development.” ; It was about as surprising as tomorrow morning’s sunrise.</p>



<p>In terms of their impact on the race, I believe that whatever impact the GOP malcontents have on Republican voters is already baked into the numbers. ; As a campaign issue, there is nothing new. ; These folks have been all over the media for YEARS telling their same story – and no amount of repetitious hype is going to change anything. ; What we are seeing is a whole bunch of has-beens in the making – with many already achieving that status.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>



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Anti Trump Republicans have no political future
