Ben Domenech: The GOP Is Going To Cleveland To Die
THE FEDERALIST
'This
is not the party of Abraham Lincoln anymore. It is the party of Donald
Trump. . . Now, this party is coming to Cleveland to die.'
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The
Republican Party is no longer the party of Abraham Lincoln, said Ben
Domenech of The Federalist on CBS’s “Face The Nation” Sunday morning
from Cleveland — where the Republican National Convention will be held
this week.
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“The Pence pick does not change the fact that the Republican Party is
now the party of Donald Trump,” Domenech said referring to Trump’s
running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
“A hundred and fifty years ago this party was begun by Abraham
Lincoln on the idea that constitutional rights were not bound by race or
creed,” he said. “That the American eagle’s wings were broad enough to
accept all that would come here. Now, this party is coming to Cleveland
to die.”
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“This is not the party of Abraham Lincoln anymore,” he said. “It is the party of Donald Trump.”
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“This is not the party of Abraham Lincoln anymore,” he said. “It is the party of Donald Trump.”
“It has traded statesmanship for xenophobia, it has traded free
markets for protectionism, it has traded the higher principles of our
better angels for the belief in party identity politics,” he said. “That
is why they are getting 0 percent of the black vote in Pennsylvania.
That is why you’re going to continue to see this kind of race-baiting
approach to politics. I think it’s completely true that this is the end
of the party of Lincoln.”
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“They are desperate for change,” he continued. “They are desperate
for something different than what the elites who have failed them for
far too long. But they have turned in their desperation to a man who
they don’t fully understand and who’s not going to deliver on his
promises.”
Domenech said the Trump campaign’s decision to select Pence as his
running mate may not have enough appeal in swing states like Florida.
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“Picking someone like Mike Pence is not going to bring [those who have been resisting Trump] back onto the Republican wagon this time around — particularly swing voters and independents who he needs to appeal to,” he said.
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