Let remember that 'Never Trump' Republicans are still Republicans

[Dem4Life1102]

which is why I believe that while Trump was defeated the Democratic Party didn't do better in down ballot races, losing seats in the House and not yet winning the Senate. Many of these Never Trump Republicans either voted for Biden or skipped voting for President then came home voting for Lindsey Graham or Susan Collins and all the GOP candidates for down ballot races.

Let's also not forget that the GOP did a great job on the ground, registering new voters and getting their voters out to the polls. It remains to be seen how many of these first time Republican voters were Trump cultists who will stay home in future now that he is no longer at the top of the ticket.

Now we have 2 run offs for control of the Senate in Georgia. We will need to focus on our ground game and get Democratic voters out in big numbers to win.

[hlthe2b]

1. Give it a break. They are supporting us now and when that changes, so too will we toward them.

[Dem4Life1102]

3. No the point is they are not supporting us now

They just couldn't vote for Trump but still voted straight Republican in all other races.

[hlthe2b]

4. Nor did all Democrats. That is not true of LP, who are setting up to help us in GA

Sorry, but I have no patience left for DEMS that whine and are willing to bite off their nose to spite their face in the name of party purity. NONE

[Dem4Life1102]

7. Wasn't referring to the Lincoln Project

They don't represent all Never Trump Republicans.

[Thekaspervote]

14. Yes they are supporting us still with ads to help Ossof & Warmock

STOP!!

[Dem4Life1102]

16. Yes but that is the Lincoln Project

I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about the average Never Trump Republican voter. There is a difference.

[Drahthaardogs]

24. Exactly. I'm over slashing and burning and would

Gladly try some compromises. Unfortunately with McConnell not sure that’s possible

[Shermann]

2. It's a good point

We decapitated the snake but the body is still writhing. They will try to keep the body on life support and affix a new head in four years.

[Demsrule86]

5. Some may join our party as moderate Democrats and that is a good thing. We owe

some of them a great deal. We may very well have 'Biden Republicans' like 'Reagan Democrats' who join the party and stay. That is not a bad thing...we need a big tent to win.

[BSdetect]

6. I can't see them trying there old crap about balanced budgets but they will - some already have.

And military spending to boost their state election chances.

Let's hope the media does not start attacking every small error the Dems make as if it was anything like the monstrous shit we have had to deal with from drumpf

Of course, they may well do exactly that.

If that starts remind them how feeblly they treated drumpf's lies

Then politely answer their questions

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

8. So? Welcome to a country where everyone doesn't think the same way.

It's ok for there to be republicans as long as they aren't ass hole republicans who support or advocate for the policies of the recent republican party. At some point we have to return to a place where we can disagree civilly and productively and listen and learn from people who don't see things the same way. We have to find a way to see where we have things in common instead of just where we differ. If not, we're doomed.

[Dem4Life1102]

10. Not saying that everyone should think the same way

But are you saying that Lindsey Graham is not an ass hole?

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

21. You weren't referring to Lindsey Graham

You were talking about "never Trump" republicans. Lindsey Graham is an ass hole and water is wet in other news.

[Dem4Life1102]

22. Well glad we agree on Graham.

[OnDoutside]

9. This is a highly divisive OP post, and should be deleted.

[Dem4Life1102]

11. How is it divisive?

Did I say something that was untrue?

[OnDoutside]

20. We've already had some shitfest threads kicking Never Trumpers

with plenty of tit for tat alerts. There are plenty of issues that need scrutiny like what went wrong in Florida and how/why were Dem House seats lost, yet you choose to attack a positive for Biden's win.

[Dem4Life1102]

23. No not attacking a Biden win at all

That is a mischaracterization of what I wrote. And I'm not talking about the Lincoln Project either. I'm talking about the average Never Trump Republican who didn't vote for Trump but still remained loyal Republicans down ballot. That is not attacking them or saying they are bad or evil people. But it is noting what happened in this election.

[LanternWaste]

12. Biden picked a former primary opponent as his running mate. And they won.

So forgive me if I summarily dismiss prognostications and analyses predicated wholly on reading tea-leaves.

[Dem4Life1102]

13. I wasn't talking about Biden

Did you even bother to read my post?

[LanternWaste]

15. Yup... I refer to your track record

of opinions based on little more than bias. And how they have consistently turned out.

But you did get one thing right (!): it was a bother to read your OP.

[Dem4Life1102]

18. Track record??? Really???

So you are admitting that this was just a personal attack that had nothing to do with what I had posted.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

17. I noticed something else in my county too.

Trump received SLIGHTLY fewer votes than down-ballot Republicans, but Biden received significantly more votes than down-ballot Democrats.

It makes me wonder if several Biden/Harris voters ONLY voted in the Presidential election, but not the others.

I haven't bothered to look for similar patterns elsewhere in the country.

I voted all-Democrat in all races, as usual, but I doubt others did.

[Dem4Life1102]

19. That is very interesting

Thanks for bringing that up.