Here’s a scoop by POLITICO Magazine: The Washington Post’s conservative blogger, Jennifer Rubin, says she’s not going back to the Republican Party and “has dreams of a new party rising from the charred principles of conservatism, or of the Democratic Party rushing in to fill the void left in the center.”
Jennifer Rubin says she’s not going back to the Republican Party: “You can’t be willing to sacrifice core American values for the sake of a tax cut and be deemed to be worthy of trust going forward.”https://t.co/3MfM9b4ZRn
— POLITICO Magazine (@POLITICOMag) April 21, 2018
What a shock this must be to all of the readers of her “Right Turn” blog in The Washington Post over the past couple of years.
“Republicans have permanently eliminated themselves from credibility to govern,” Rubin told Edward-Isaac Dovere. “You can’t be willing to sacrifice core American values for the sake of a tax cut and be deemed to be worthy of trust going forward.”
Why would she? She's a liberal. https://t.co/P81ZauHbl5
— Rev. Ducati ? (@Reverend_Ducati) April 21, 2018
I don't think they want her. https://t.co/dFBvzZeOS4
— neontaster (@neontaster) April 21, 2018
So can we drop the charade that she's a conservative? https://t.co/iTLTLgMJJT
— Holden (@Holden114) April 21, 2018
Fine, but she should stop calling herself a conservative blogger. https://t.co/FlzZxkXK7i
— Florida Fool (@hastij04) April 21, 2018
She was never a Republican. https://t.co/GjSEs5lZIO
— Evil Red Kid (@_SOURKIDZ_) April 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/GenAugustoP/status/987682215978037249
https://twitter.com/cehoskinson/status/987856619445866496
Why do we honestly care about this woman again? https://t.co/Kddj3JoBuM
— Yankee Papist ن (@SEYankee) April 21, 2018
Given that she thinks a tax cut isn't a core American value, it's clear she never was a Republican.
At least we can end the charade she ever was one finally. https://t.co/JirbkbV3WV
— Patrick Henry,The2nd (@patrickhenry2nd) April 21, 2018
There are manifest examples of republicans acting completely anti-Conservative & Jen Rubin decides to leave the GOP over…. tax cuts. https://t.co/ydDXuiOXfA
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) April 21, 2018
Fun game: CTRL+F this piece and search for "Obamacare"
Spoiler alert: Jen's not upset the GOP didn't repeal. She's angry about tax cuts. https://t.co/ydDXuiOXfA
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) April 21, 2018
Rubin does have a warning for the Republican Party to ignore at its own peril, and it has to do with the younger generation of voters:
… As the party of Trump, Republicans may lose an entire generation, Rubin warns. And policy wins like the tax bill aren’t going to sway millennials’ opinions of the GOP.
“It is a remarkably idealistic generation. What motivates these people is not tax policy, is not party economics or party foreign policy; it’s issues that have a moral and a value-laden core,” Rubin said. “They look upon environmentalism as a moral issue, as a moral cause. They look upon guns as an issue of [whether] we as a society value children.”
https://twitter.com/TheRealBepo/status/987690135646035969
Related:
UNHINGED: WaPo 'conservative' Jennifer Rubin goes OFF on NRA and lawful gun owners https://t.co/i711VUuWgo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 16, 2018
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