Never Trumper Bill Kristol Calls on Republicans to Support ‘Democrats for a While’

Kristol over the weekend addressed a crowd of disillusioned Republicans about the need to get rid of “Trump Republicans” from the party.

“It turns out that once you let the toothpaste out of the tube, so to speak, demagoguery and bigotry and all that, some people like it. It’s hard to get it back,” Kristol said. “You can’t just give them a lecture.”

Kristol’s remarks came during the Principles First Summit held at the Conrad Hotel in Washington, DC. The summit featured prominent Never Trumpets and “was implicitly constructed as a counterweight,” to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held the same weekend, Politico reported. 

Kristol also indicated he would support a potential Whitmer presidential ticket, with Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) as vice president. 

“That’s fine with me,” Kristol said of the potential ticket.