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    Commentary: How Never Trumpers can get the GOP to stand up for constitutional conservatism again

    by Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times Oct 11, 2019 8 minutes

    As the ground shifts quickly beneath the feet of the Trump administration, there are Republicans who have stood their ground. Several groups under the umbrella organization Defending Democracy Together are working to restore traditional GOP standards on tariffs, on welcoming legal immigration - and now, on persuading other Republicans to support the impeachment inquiry as a matter of constitutional principle. One of those groups, Republicans for the Rule of Law, is spending a million dollars on its campaign to back investigations without political interference. The woman who directs these organizations has conservative credentials as long as your right arm: first woman to head the national Log Cabin Republicans group, publisher of the Bulwark conservative website and a job at a conservative lobbying and consulting company. Sarah Longwell wants Republicans - especially on Capitol Hill - to screw their courage to the sticking place and stand up to Trump transgressions - otherwise, Republicans will devolve from a political party into a personality cult.

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    _Who is the Republican audience you're speaking to, and which Republicans in particular do you want to hear your message?

    Ever since Donald Trump was elected, we've recognized that you can separate Republicans into two buckets, crudely: one is Trump lovers, the always-Trumpers, the people who attend rallies and the people who will stick with him even if he

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