Is it possible to be a “moderate” Republican?

[RINO Tom]

No. The only true moderate Republicans left are Independents or Democrats. It was possible to be one before Trump, but seeing how the last 4 years have gone and thinking that the Republican Party can be “saved” or pulled back to the middle is absolutely silly.

This could literally be 110% true, but you guys’ credibility is kind of shot on the subject, lol ... Democrats have been saying that every two years for literally decades.

[RINO Tom]

No. The only true moderate Republicans left are Independents or Democrats. It was possible to be one before Trump, but seeing how the last 4 years have gone and thinking that the Republican Party can be “saved” or pulled back to the middle is absolutely silly.

This could literally be 110% true, but you guys’ credibility is kind of shot on the subject, lol ... Democrats have been saying that every two years for literally decades.

It’s been true for decades. How many Republicans voted not to shut down the government in 1995 or voted not to impeach Bill Clinton?

Haha, thanks for proving my point!  The poster I quoted literally said it was possible before Trump (i.e., obviously during the Bill Clinton impeachment era).

[RINO Tom]

The disconnect is that the mainstream, liberal punditry has equated "moderation" in Republican politics with "sounding nice."  Liz Cheney, John Boehner, Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney (among other Sunday morning mainstays) are not moderates in any *ideologicial* sense of the word, but only in that they converse and transact in the preferred euphemisms and tautologies of Democrat-run media.  The policies and philosophies they've championed throughout their careers are decidedly more conservative than anything offered by Trump or Trumpism.  

Just cause Trump was more protectionist than Romney didnt make Romney more conservative than Trump lol. Trump was far more conservative than Romney when it came to things such as the minimum wage, healthcare(remember Romney came up with Obamacare), Trump cut corporate taxes more than Romney proposed and probably to the right of Romney on regulatory policy .


Also no way in hell was Bush more moderate than the guy who wanted to do strict campaign finance reform , voted against Bush's tax cuts , supported cap and trade etc

Which Trump and which Romney are we talking about? 1999 Trump would have opposed RomneyCare from the left.

Not when push came to shove.