AUGUST 30, 2017
Establishment Republicans always promise to fight for conservative policies in the future, but when that day comes they make excuses and repeat the empty promise to fight another day.
A friend recently
simplified the establishment’s plug-and-play message that they use in almost
every debate. It goes like this:
“If only we had [more
power], things would be great. We need to just get past [current
fight] and focus on [future election] so we can
have [new higher electoral number] and then we will be able
to [win policy we are not currently fighting for].”
How many times have
we heard this different version of this excuse? Too many to count.
As we watch in utter
disbelief as establishment Republicans squander a once in a lifetime
opportunity to enact conservative policies, it’s important to remember why it’s
so important to elect conservatives who believe in our principles and will
fight for them.
The lie that the GOP
establishment has told voters – that they will advance a conservative agenda if
they win the next election – is a complete joke. After eight months of
controlling everything in Washington, they have no legislative accomplishments.
Majorities in
Congress are meaningless if they fail to keep their promises and fail to
produce real policy results.
It’s why our founder,
Senator Jim DeMint, once famously said that he would rather have 30 Republicans
in the Senate who believe in our principles than 60 Republicans who don’t. You
see, we can fill the Senate with 60 or even 70 Republicans, but if they are all
closet liberals nothing good will be achieved.
So when the GOP
establishment tells us we can only achieve policy goals if we settle for more
pro-establishment Republicans, do not be fooled. It’s a flat out lie.
We must remain
focused on electing true conservatives who can be counted on to fight for our
principles and values, especially when it’s hard. That is the only way to
achieve our policy goals and advance the first principles upon which this
country was founded.
Thank you for
standing strong for freedom and for doing so much to help us promote
conservative leadership in Washington.
