George Will Is Right: The GOP Is Morphing Into Trump’s Fringey Troll Army

On Thursday, George Will wrote a piece excoriating the GOP over its newfound worship for Donald Trump. “The ease with which Trump has erased Republican conservatism matches the speed with which Republican leaders have normalized him,” Will stated. “If Trump wins, the GOP ends as a vehicle for conservatism. And a political idea without a political party is an orphan in an indifferent world.”

This expresses well my own reservations about Trump. He’s not conservative; in fact, he’s anti-conservative on central questions including the role of government and the value of the Constitution. But more importantly, he’s ripping the beating heart out of the conservative movement by co-opting conservative thoughtleaders and conservative constituents into his following. There are many Trump supporters who are fully aware he isn’t conservative, and hold their noses to support him; that’s morally palatable and logically sustainable. But overall, the GOP infrastructure is turning into a Trump fringe troll army rather than standing for principle. Basic conservative principles are being bowled over in favor of Trumpism.