ROSS DOUTHAT: Conservatism is being damaged by its identification with Trump’s narcissism, incompetence, capriciousness, and corruption.
RESPONSE: What the hell did you expect? It didn’t have to be that way; conservatives could have treated him as an independent third party instead of embracing him completely. His greatest victory was to convince the majority of the GOP that he was the only thing standing between real Americans and cultural annihilation. In November, they are likely to pay the price for it, and are entitled to no sympathy.