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This brainless, sinister, clownish thing called Trumpism

Feb 25th, 2018 12:55 pm | By

Mona Charen, a conservative who writes for National Review, got boos at CPAC for saying conservatives shouldn’t be pro-sexual harassment. She doesn’t consider Trump a good representative of conservatism.

What happened to me at CPAC is the perfect illustration of the collective experience of a whole swath of conservatives since Donald Trump became the Republican nominee. We built and organized this party — but now we’re made to feel like interlopers.

I was surprised that I was even asked to speak at CPAC. My views on Trump, Roy Moore and Steve Bannon are no secret. I knew the crowd would be hostile, and so I was tempted to pass.

But too many of us have given up the fight.

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