Some conservatives reject Trump and Trumpism for their own good reasons. I can think of many principled reasons why a conservative would reject Trump without compromising their principles.
I have my own mixed feelings about Trump, and my support for him is based on a calculation that he is the right man at the right time to fix some fundamental problems the country is facing right now. My support is not based on emotions, special loyalty to the man, and unlike many I don’t hold a grudge against anybody who preferred somebody else to be the nominee.
But it’s no secret that the vast majority of the NeverTrumpers who have dedicated their lives to opposing Trump as a special threat to democracy are just grifters. There are conservative intellectuals who have sacrificed greatly to explain and promote their view that Trump is wrong or even dangerous, but the…
