{"id":786,"date":"2016-11-16T00:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T06:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/almostclassical\/?p=786"},"modified":"2023-11-25T22:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T04:33:30","slug":"standing-up-to-the-president-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/almostclassical\/2016\/11\/16\/standing-up-to-the-president-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Up to the President-Elect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans in the House and Senate, especially the leadership of the GOP<\/a>, must at least symbolically reject the president-elects choices for his inner circle of advisors. Though some of these posts do not require Senate confirmation, the Senate should and must demand that Donald Trump<\/a> remove some members of his transition team and his “kitchen cabinet” of conspiracy nuts.<\/p>\n

I never imagined as a libertarian that my worst nightmare might be a Republican president. The following individuals should be nowhere near the White House: Stephen K. Bannon and Frank Gaffney<\/a>. This should not be open to debate. The Senate should refuse to confirm any cabinet secretary until these two men are shown the door.<\/p>\n

Yes, I understand that Bannon and Roger Ailes<\/a> advised and helped control Trump during the campaign. I don’t care. These are not the sorts of people with whom the GOP should be associated.<\/p>\n

Standing up to Donald Trump will not be easy for the Republicans. Their voters elected Trump. But at some point, the GOP has to consider the long-term implications of embracing radical fringe zealots. You cannot claim to be a party of merit and individualism and then allow the president to surround himself with men of demonstrable prejudice.<\/p>\n

By indicating they will not accept anyone the president wants with a rubber stamp voter, the Republicans would earn some respect. They also need to vocally reject some of the ideals and theories of the fringe that claims to be “alt right<\/a>” when it is actually “alt lunatic.”<\/p>\n

I could not vote for Hillary. I certainly could not vote for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The Republican Party must not acquiesce. Stand up for what the party was founded to be.<\/p>\n

Too bad I expect this blog post to be like the writings of so many conservative and libertarian thought leaders\u2026 ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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