The New York Times editorial board calls on the Republican Party “another big blow” to reject Trump

The New York Times editorial board warned that former President Donald Trump is “dangerous” and “unable to lead” as it called on the Republican Party to reject him.

Days after two editorials urging President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid, the Times board shattered the effect Trump has had on his party, arguing that Republicans have forgotten their long-held values ​​and are being used to serve “one man's interests.”

“A once great political party now serves the interests of one man, a man as demonstrably unfit for the office of president as any to run in the long history of the Republic, a man whose values, temperament, ideas and language they directly oppose much of what has made this country great,” the board wrote.

“It's a chilling choice against this national moment,” the editorial added.

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“The Republican Party once pursued electoral power in the service of solutions to these problems, to build 'the shining city on a hill,' as Ronald Reagan liked to say. His vision of America, embodied in such principled public servants as George HW Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney, was rooted in the values ​​of freedom, sacrifice, individual responsibility, and the common good,” the essay continued .

“The party's conception of these values ​​was reflected in its long-standing conservative policy agenda, and many Republicans today set aside their concerns about Mr. Trump because of his positions on immigration, trade and taxes. But the stakes of this election are not fundamentally about political disagreements. The stakes are more fundamental: what qualities matter most in the president and commander-in-chief of the United States,” the board said.

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The editorial board stated that Trump has shown a “total lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, and the American people,” and declared that the former president is “fueled by a thirst for political power.”

“He is simply incapable of leading.”

Amid “legitimate concerns” about Trump being in charge of the country, the board acknowledged that Democrats are in a tough spot because of Biden's mental and physical fitness for office. But ultimately, it is the fear of a Trump presidency that drives the narrative.

“It is a national tragedy that Republicans have failed to have a similar debate about the manifest moral and temperamental unfitness of their standard-bearer, instead of abandoning their long-held values, closing ranks and choosing to ignore what with whom they worked more closely, the former president has described as his systematic dishonesty, corruption, cruelty and incompetence”, the editorial board said.

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“The Republican Party makes its election next week; soon all Americans will be able to make their own choice. What would Mr. Trump do in a second term? He's told Americans who he is and he's shown them what kind of leader he would be,” the essay continued. “When someone fails so many fundamental tests, you don't give them the most important job in the world.”

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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida, where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.

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