J. Michael Luttig, a conservative retired federal judge and key adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, declared on Wednesday that “there is no Republican Party” and said former President Donald Trump is even more dangerous than he was in the aftermath of the 2020 election.

By the way, I know that CNN isn’t even really news anymore but it’s easily accessible to everyone.

  • xionzui@lemmy.world
    61·
    1 year ago

    Nice to see some reasonable and grounded conservative content. I don’t agree with most conservative social and economic positions, but I can respect someone who supports them in good faith. Pretty much everything I see coming from people who consider themselves conservative in the US today is…not that. I guess this is what you get when Fox News becomes the core of your party

    • soviettaters@lemmy.worldOP
      31·
      1 year ago

      The loudest people are often the most extreme, and that shows up most in American conservatives. The vast majority of conservatives are moderates which is why it’s currently so easy for Democrats to get more conservatives to sometimes vote for them.

      • xionzui@lemmy.world
        31·
        1 year ago

        Unfortunately the politicians representing them now don’t seem to be. I wish we could somehow get a party that supports conservative policies with reasonable people and sound politics. Not this cult-like anti-truth, anti-science, fear-based messaging we have now. The US really needs a system that supports more than 2 parties