Republicans Who Cannot Support Trumpism


Republicans Who Cannot Support Trumpism
The Issue
We are Republicans who will NOT vote for:
- Donald Trump.
- Any Republican Senator or House member who voted on January 6 against certifying the election unless they have clearly and unambiguously publicly apologized and said they were wrong.
- Any Republican candidate who publicizes Donald Trump's endorsement after August 1, 2022 (we will give time to these candidates to realize that using such an endorsement will lose them some votes).
Regardless of whether we supported Donald Trump's policies, the Big Lie about the election, and the behavior of Donald Trump and his enablers after the election and on January 6, disqualify Donald Trump and his enablers from holding office. They lack the civic virtue to hold office.
We are or were until at least 2016 Republicans. but we are Americans first. What Donald Trump did was un-American. His behavior violates the fundamentals of Americanism. They also are inconsistent with the basic tenets of Republicanism. We believe in the sunny optimism of Ronald Reagan, not the un-American behavior of Donald Trump.
We might not reflect the majority of Republican voters. We hope that, eventually, we will once again.
We do not support the policies of the Democratic Party. However, the short-term risk of those policies, which can be changed by a responsible Republican Party, are less dangerous than are Donald Trump and his enablers.
We either will not vote, or we will vote for the opponents of the people listed above.
Although we might not be a majority of Republicans, we believe we are numerous enough to keep some crazy Republicans from being elected. If the Republican Party wants our votes, it must once again deserve them.
"The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust."
-The Federalist Papers: No 57

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The Issue
We are Republicans who will NOT vote for:
- Donald Trump.
- Any Republican Senator or House member who voted on January 6 against certifying the election unless they have clearly and unambiguously publicly apologized and said they were wrong.
- Any Republican candidate who publicizes Donald Trump's endorsement after August 1, 2022 (we will give time to these candidates to realize that using such an endorsement will lose them some votes).
Regardless of whether we supported Donald Trump's policies, the Big Lie about the election, and the behavior of Donald Trump and his enablers after the election and on January 6, disqualify Donald Trump and his enablers from holding office. They lack the civic virtue to hold office.
We are or were until at least 2016 Republicans. but we are Americans first. What Donald Trump did was un-American. His behavior violates the fundamentals of Americanism. They also are inconsistent with the basic tenets of Republicanism. We believe in the sunny optimism of Ronald Reagan, not the un-American behavior of Donald Trump.
We might not reflect the majority of Republican voters. We hope that, eventually, we will once again.
We do not support the policies of the Democratic Party. However, the short-term risk of those policies, which can be changed by a responsible Republican Party, are less dangerous than are Donald Trump and his enablers.
We either will not vote, or we will vote for the opponents of the people listed above.
Although we might not be a majority of Republicans, we believe we are numerous enough to keep some crazy Republicans from being elected. If the Republican Party wants our votes, it must once again deserve them.
"The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust."
-The Federalist Papers: No 57

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Petition created on July 12, 2022