As Twitchy reported, National Review Online’s Charles C.W. Cooke penned a piece that skewered The Washington Post’s “conservative” columnist Jennifer Rubin. A handful of people who share Rubin’s Trump Derangement Syndrome, including 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin, jumped in to defend her.
On Tuesday night, McMullin decided to clarify just what conservatism means to him.
For me, “conservatism” has always meant the defense of our founding principles: liberty and equality. While those now aligned with contrary ideas may ultimately succeed in claiming the word for themselves, those principles remain right and I will ever associate myself with them.
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) December 19, 2017
Word Salad https://t.co/lAOk0Thifv
— Márta Lisle? (@UrUnpaidPundit) December 20, 2017
Agreed, but back up a minute … America’s founding principles were liberty and equality?
Those are the French founding principles, genius. https://t.co/lmSs6N1V4J
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) December 20, 2017
Liberté, égalité, fraternité https://t.co/5xxK6CD5p9
— Ben (@hayesy316) December 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/CitizenWMA/status/943260558614192128
https://twitter.com/ed_trout/status/943291557041467392
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the words. It was based on John Locke's writings. https://t.co/TdQZAOK5TU
— THE SMOKING MAN (@decakarjeffrey) December 19, 2017
We thought something sounded off.
https://twitter.com/texanbean/status/943276778054922250
https://twitter.com/anationalistman/status/943266878469890048
https://twitter.com/GlomarNeverDies/status/943257047700770816
https://twitter.com/mm_thewriter/status/943260590117548032
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https://twitter.com/Portmanteur/status/943296968708718592
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/943302370259361792
Re-read our founding principles and our Naturalization laws. You have no idea what you're prattling on about. https://t.co/lA5yzP8w4i
— Space Force Sgt. Reibeush (@Lightn1ngHand) December 20, 2017
Nice use of air quotes, fits you perfectly. https://t.co/6yXTz59PV3
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) December 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/943247623636553729
https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/943251926229110784
https://twitter.com/PenterHotchkens/status/943261728128884737
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/943297652439027712
Trifecta achieved: unctuous, untrue, unpersuasive https://t.co/de5vm3lgpd
— Drew (@onefiftyfivemm) December 20, 2017
when people talk like this it is your job to either roll your eyes or make a fart noise https://t.co/uak0X4feaZ
— MrH (@HomeIsTheNorth) December 20, 2017
Lol. You're a poorly drawn cartoon. https://t.co/LjE44wmDbL
— Rev. Ducati? (@Reverend_Ducati) December 19, 2017
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