In this interview (at about the ~4:20 mark) Mitch McConnell is asked if he thinks Donald Trump is fit to be president, and he dodges the question, simply saying that “The American people will decide” in November:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-utLdJo69U
So we have the Republican Speaker of the House endorsing the party’s presidential nominee, yet accusing him of making racist comments, and the Republican Senate Majority Leader endorsing the party’s presidential nominee, but not answering the question when asked if he’s actually fit to be president.
Seems like a healthy political party.
Trump and his supporters have completely hijacked the GOP, and there's no coming back.
As someone who has never supported a Democrat for president, and only a very small handful of times for other positions, I, for one, will never support a Republican for any position if they endorse Trump in this election. That is an immediate disqualifier for me, no matter the position, no matter the opponent; an endorsement for Trump today is an opposition vote from me in the future.
Trump's supporters haven't "hijacked" the GOP. The GOP elites lived in this fantasy world where they could scare people with "higher taxes are coming" to vote for candidates who are all for wars, free trade, and liberal immigration policies. The REAL Republican party spoke, and it's different from the positions papers of Rubio, Jeb!, and Cruz.
It's pretty obvious this is true to someone who knows GOP voters outside the Beltway (and a few others). Having heard from a few of my Republican neighbors (at home, it's not like they exist in California
), I've heard them say that the Reagan/1980s playbook that the establishment GOP keeps playing is tiring and just doesn't work anymore on issues like trade and immigration. They had reservations about Trump but supported him because he would shift the status quo. And this is in a wealthy suburb with one of the highest college-degree holders in the state, not exactly Trump's base region. The GOP establishment appeals to very few within the party faithful.
