As I’ve noted many times before, the anti-anti-Trumpers agree with most of the man on golf cart’s reactionary agenda, but recoil from his innumerable personal shortcomings. Between 2016 and 2020, therefore, they concentrated on attacking Trump’s enemies instead of defending the man himself. They presumably felt this kept them on the side of both the angels and the militant right.
When a DeSantis candidacy became more and more plausible, they came out openly against Trump in language that wouldn’t be out of place in this blog. But what will they do if Trump wins? How do they unring the bell?
They will just return to AAT mode and hope desperately that Trump and his principal supporters forget what they said in 2023. My reaction? Good luck with that; Trump never forgets a slight.