To Bill Kristol: Maybe Mattis, Kelly, Romney, Bush, etc., cannot in good conscience "emphatically urge a vote for Harris." Maybe there are policies of Harris's that are so offensive to their long and deeply-held beliefs that they just can't do that. Maybe they really really dislike Trump but, as with the editors of the WSJ, don't share y…
To Bill Kristol: Maybe Mattis, Kelly, Romney, Bush, etc., cannot in good conscience "emphatically urge a vote for Harris." Maybe there are policies of Harris's that are so offensive to their long and deeply-held beliefs that they just can't do that. Maybe they really really dislike Trump but, as with the editors of the WSJ, don't share your view that he is a "fascist"? (Is the WSJ now considered fascist-adjacent?) Maybe, even, the lawfare that has been used against Trump has come to be too much even for them? Maybe they think that using the law against your political opponent has a whiff of fascism about it?
To Bill Kristol: Maybe Mattis, Kelly, Romney, Bush, etc., cannot in good conscience "emphatically urge a vote for Harris." Maybe there are policies of Harris's that are so offensive to their long and deeply-held beliefs that they just can't do that. Maybe they really really dislike Trump but, as with the editors of the WSJ, don't share your view that he is a "fascist"? (Is the WSJ now considered fascist-adjacent?) Maybe, even, the lawfare that has been used against Trump has come to be too much even for them? Maybe they think that using the law against your political opponent has a whiff of fascism about it?