The Continuing Squirm Of Those Who Represent The GOP Establishment

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I thought the GOP establishment had given up on opposing Donald Trump, but recent events have proven me wrong. As I have repeatedly stated, I am not a Trump supporter, although I will vote for him before I will vote for Hillary.

However, in April The Washington Post reported the following:

Politico‘s Kyle Cheney noticed something interesting about Donald Trump’s big primary wins on Tuesday night. With a number of states still to vote — including the largest, California — Trump is poised to set a new record vote total in Republican presidential primaries. The current record is held by George W. Bush, with his 10.8 million votes in 2000. Trump, according to RealClearPolitics, is currently at a little north of 10 million.

Trump has brought out the voters. The article included the following chart:

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So why in the world is the Republican establishment trying to torpedo him?

The comments below were posted by Hugh Hewitt at Townhall.com today:

“We’re going to get killed with this nominee,” Hewitt said.

“It’s like ignoring stage-four cancer,” he continued. “You can’t do it, you gotta go attack it. And right now the Republican Party is facing — the plane is headed towards the mountain after the last 72 hours.”

…As for Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), he predicted that Trump’s attack on Curiel could result in a convention challenge.

Hewitt, it seems, hopes this is the case. A candidate who causes this much controversy, he intoned, will not have a prayer in the general election.

Hugh Hewitt has recently taken over the time slot on the Salem network that used to be the Bill Bennett show. I love Hugh Hewitt, but I believe he is missing something here. The American people do not care that Donald Trump is a flawed candidate. They are so disgusted by the incestual existence of the political class in Washington that they would vote for Jack the Ripper if they thought he would change things. I’m not saying that this is good–I’m just saying that this is what is. What is becoming very obvious is that some of the establishment Republicans would rather see Hillary elected because she will maintain the Washington status quo than Donald Trump who would tend to upset the apple cart.

Donald Trump has legitimately won the GOP nomination. Taking that nomination away from him and replacing him with an establishment candidate would surely guarantee a President Hillary Clinton. Is that what the GOP wants?