Dennis Prager Show - Inside The Mind Of A "Never Trump" Voter
Aired: 2024-10-22
Duration: 09:21


=== Unexpected Ally (05:18) ===

[00:00:00]  Brett Stevens and Gail Collins, Kamala Harris has an unexpected ally.
[00:00:04]  That's the title of the piece.
[00:00:06]  So, I want you to listen so you'll understand how the never-Trump conservative mind works.
[00:00:14]  So, he is speaking about how he will vote for Kamala Harris.
[00:00:20]  And I read to you excerpts from the banter between the two of them, published in the New York Times.
[00:00:28]  Brett Stevens, kicking and screaming, I'll cast my ballot for Harris.
[00:00:35]  I really would rather have just sat out Election Day, but January 6th and election denialism are unforgivable.
[00:00:45]  And as my friend Richard North Patterson likes to say, Donald Trump is literally bleeping crazy.
[00:00:55]  Did you happen to see this?
[00:00:58]  Yeah, so this is fascinating.
[00:01:00]  So why is this otherwise conservative and the only one really?
[00:01:08]  Well, Ross Douthat is conservative too.
[00:01:11]  Of their 50 columnists, there are two that lean conservative.
[00:01:16]  So why is he going to vote for Kamala Harris?
[00:01:20]  Which is very sad to me because I respect Brett Stephens.
[00:01:25]  It's very sad.
[00:01:27]  But it gives you an insight into the mindset.
[00:01:29]  So two unforgivable sins.
[00:01:33]  Denialism, which is really fascinating because what he did, Brett Stevens, is adopt the left-wing rhetoric.
[00:01:41]  The left always has an ism.
[00:01:46]  It's like climate denialism.
[00:01:50]  It's like a doctrine.
[00:01:52]  If I don't agree with you, you have a doctrine.
[00:01:58]  So, the mere statement that I, Donald Trump, don't believe it was a fair election in 2020, that invalidates him.
[00:02:14]  Hillary Clinton said that her defeat was not valid, but that apparently doesn't matter to people on the left.
[00:02:27]  I don't quite understand why you are disqualified no matter what the Democrats put up, no matter what type of candidate.
[00:02:42]  Donald Trump is disqualified because he doesn't believe that he lost the last election.
[00:02:47]  The whole Russia hoax was denialism.
[00:02:49]  The Russia hoax was denialism?
[00:02:52]  Is that what you're saying?
[00:02:54]  Well, on whose part?
[00:02:55]  I don't quite follow.
[00:02:56]  The Democrats.
[00:02:57]  They created it.
[00:02:58]  Oh, well, yeah, all right.
[00:02:59]  So, yeah, so they, that was a, his newspaper led the way in lying about the Russia hoax.
[00:03:13]  It is not clear to me why Brett Stevens feels this way.
[00:03:18]  He knows how bad Kamala Harris is.
[00:03:24]  But he's going to vote for her anyway.
[00:03:26]  Because of January 6th.
[00:03:28]  What is Donald Trump's role in January 6th when he said, go peacefully?
[00:03:36]  And was anything done after January 6th?
[00:03:42]  Which was not an insurrection, by the way.
[00:03:44]  It's a lie of the grandiosus proportions to argue it was an insurrection.
[00:03:50]  You're telling me that these people...
[00:03:53]  These unarmed people, 90% of whom, 95% of whom walked in peacefully, when the doors were open for them from inside, they were trying to overthrow the American government?
[00:04:08]  Isn't that a lie?
[00:04:11]  Like Trump said, there are fine people on both sides.
[00:04:14]  They're all lies.
[00:04:16]  But anyway, this is enough for Brett Stephens not to vote for Donald Trump.
[00:04:23]  January 6th and election denialism.
[00:04:32]  So he continues.
[00:04:35]  It's a 99.999% vote against Trump and 0.0001% vote for Harris.
[00:04:51]  I'm reading you this so you'll understand the never-Trump mind.
[00:04:57]  I know Harris will ruin my country, but I can't vote for Donald Trump.

=== Voting For Kamala Harris (04:18) ===

[00:05:04]  That's what he's saying.
[00:05:08]  So her response, Gail Collins, the left-wing of the two, the leftist of the two.
[00:05:19]  And to bolster the argument, how about a short list of the things that bother you most about your new choice for President of the United States?
[00:05:28]  Okay, so here is his response.
[00:05:30]  Ready?
[00:05:31]  And he's going to vote.
[00:05:32]  Despite what he's about to say, he will vote for Kamala Harris.
[00:05:37]  If the GOP had nominated Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, or Doug Burgum, I'd be voting Republican.
[00:05:45]  Probably even Tim Scott.
[00:05:47]  That's how reluctant I was to vote for her.
[00:05:52]  So he would vote for any Republican except Donald Trump.
[00:05:58]  I fear that Harris is every bit as vacuous behind the scenes as she seems to be on the public stage.
[00:06:06]  I fear she will be tested early by a foreign adversary and stumble badly, whether it's in stopping Iran from building a nuclear weapon, or China from blockading Taiwan or Russia from seizing a portion of a Baltic country.
[00:06:22]  I fear she will capitulate too easily to her party's left flank, especially when it comes to identity politics, economic policy, or polarizing cultural issues.
[00:06:34]  I fear she'll have no domestic policy ideas that don't involve mindlessly expanding the role of government.
[00:06:41]  I fear she'll surround herself with mediocre advisors like her embarrassingly bad Veep pick.
[00:06:49]  I fear she won't muster the political will to curb mass migration.
[00:06:55]  That's all?
[00:06:58]  That's the only objections he has to her?
[00:07:00]  Yeah, I knew it would blow your mind.
[00:07:03]  It's breathtaking.
[00:07:04]  It is breathtaking.
[00:07:05]  He is certain she will be a calamity for Western civilization, and he will vote for her.
[00:07:12]  That is why it is called Trump derangement syndrome.
[00:07:16]  It is.
[00:07:19]  When one abandons rational, moral thought on one issue, it is a syndrome.
[00:07:29]  It is.
[00:07:30]  It's correct.
[00:07:30]  It's a syndrome.
[00:07:31]  A man I respect, Brett Stephens.
[00:07:37]  I mean, this is a horror list.
[00:07:38]  The world will enter chaos if Kamala Harris wins and he's voting for her.
[00:07:47]  Yeah.
[00:07:49]  By the way, he does not have a list of equally awful things that will happen if Donald Trump is elected.
[00:07:57]  He just thinks he's nuts.
[00:07:59]  He's denialism.
[00:08:00]  My two reasons, January 6th and election denialism.
[00:08:09]  So here's the summary of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
[00:08:12]  Ready?
[00:08:13]  The next line.
[00:08:14]  I'd rather take my chances with a president whose competence I doubt and whose policies I dislike than one whose character I detest.
[00:08:28]  That's it.
[00:08:29]  I will take policies I know will hurt America and the world.
[00:08:32]  I know it.
[00:08:35]  The bad actors on Earth, China, Iran, Russia, will be emboldened by a Kamala Harris victory, but I hate Donald Trump's character.
[00:08:44]  That is a syndrome.
[00:08:46]  That is not rational.
[00:08:48]  It is not moral.
[00:08:52]  That's all that matters.
[00:08:54]  That's why I've said this is a form, and again, I am not just saying this.
[00:08:59]  I have great respect for Brett Stephens.
[00:09:02]  But this is a narcissistic view.
[00:09:06]  I don't like Trump's character, therefore screw America and screw the world.
[00:09:13]  That's what the never-Trumper is saying.
[00:09:18]  He knows how bad Kamala Harris is.