To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg believes that the Republican Party would survive a Trump defeat next month.
In lots of states, the Republican Occasion did properly after then-President Trump misplaced in 2020. The GOP gained state elections after which minimize taxes and crimson tape, growing states’ financial development, inhabitants development and income levels.
Probably the most quickly rising states with the biggest job growth are usually Republican states, corresponding to Texas and Florida. Republican states appeal to jobs and new residents by providing lower taxes, extra economic freedom and extra educational freedom than Democratic states, in line with even critics of Donald Trump.
The four freest states all have Republican governors, whereas the ten least free states all have Democratic governors, according to the libertarian Cato Institute, which is headed by an outspoken Trump critic.
Hans Bader, Arlington, Va.
The author has labored for a number of conservative advocacy organizations and was an lawyer for the U.S. Division of Schooling from 2017-18.
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To the editor: Goldberg overlooks some of the probably penalties if Trump is defeated — the splintering of the GOP into a celebration of conventional conservatives and MAGA followers.
The previous president’s staunchest supporters aren’t going away, and Trump himself gained’t be keen to surrender his profitable management of the Republican Occasion’s infrastructure.
If the traditionalists handle to hold on to the core of the GOP, and particularly in the event that they reject Trump after the election, his acolytes are quite a few sufficient to type a brand-new get together and put candidates on the poll in time for the 2026 election. Various present Republicans could be keen to leap ship and go together with him.
In fact if that occurs, it will break up the conservative vote and result in defeats throughout. However hey, America could be nice once more, proper?
Geoff Kuenning, Claremont
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To the editor: The GOP suffered a near-fatal blow when it allowed Trump to symbolize the get together within the 2016 election, and it has been in rehab ever since.
Trump has by no means acted like a real “Republican,” and his doable defeat subsequent month is extra more likely to revive the get together than kill it. A lot is dependent upon what place Trump decides to soak up that occasion, but it surely may open the door to new management, hopefully extra in tune with Republican values than Trump has exhibited.
Scott Perley, Irvine