The Democratic Party won substantial victories in the 2018 midterms. It will control now control the House of Representatives next year and also won many important state and local offices. However, Donald Trump and the Republican Party were able to maintain control of the United States Senate and key governorships in Georgia, Florida and Ohio — largely through voter suppression, gerrymandering and other methods of subverting the will of the American people. Despite that setback, the Democratic Party is now reinvigorated and more empowered in its battle against Trumpism. The resistance movement that opposed Donald Trump and his Republican Party in the 2018 midterms is comprised of traditional members of the Democratic Party’s electoral coalition. This resistance movement is also led by black women. There were also new members in this alliance against Trumpism and the revanchist and dangerous Republican Party and conservative movement he leads. “Never Trumpers” as well as repentant former Republicans have formed an alliance of convenience — if not principle — with the Democratic Party. Their shared goal: Stopping Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s assault on American democracy. It will take time and a thorough analysis of polling and other data to determine if the “Never Trumpers” and ex-Republicans were able to persuade a substantial number of independent and other voters (especially the fabled “white working class”) away from Trump and towards the Democrats during the 2018 midterms. Whatever the empirical data reveals, the presence of these defectors and new allies in the Democratic Party’s anti-Trump coalition has great symbolic value, which may pay great dividends in 2020 in preventing Trump from winning a second term in office. Tom Nichols is one of the most prominent “Never Trumpers” and public voices encouraging Republicans and principled conservatives to take a stand against Donald Trump and what he represents. He is a professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and also teaches at the Harvard Extension School. Nichols is also the author of seven books, including the recent bestseller “The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters” as well as the widely read essay for the Atlantic, “Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party.” This conversation has been edited for clarity and length. You have gone from being a “Never Trumper” to an ex-Republican. Some critics have suggested this is all a ploy to make money and that you and other ex-Republicans and “Never Trumpers” are going to become fabulously rich from your decision to oppose Donald Trump. An obligatory disclaimer: I do not represent the United States Naval War College, the United States Government or anyone else. These are my own views. No, I’m not rich from this. When people make that accusation it makes me laugh because it is such an immense act of projection. The people who are really on the gravy train are the ones who swore loyalty to Donald Trump and have decided to stay with him. There is no money in being a
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