Trump Isn’t Likely To Make America Great Again, But He May Be The Key To Making The GOP Great Again

Disillusioned, disenchanted, disassembling–unfortunately, accurate words that could be used to describe the current state of the Grand ‘ol Party. With the exception of the fraction of the party that is deeply devoted to all that Trump stands for, many Republicans will enter voting booths begrudgingly, party line in tow. We Republicans know how we got to the edge of this cliff and we’ve jumped off; it’s too late to dissect that, so now we need to figure out where we are going to land.

Donald Trump is the current face of the Republican Party, whether we like it or not. He is an exact representation of what the party has come to. Trump is the picture of the  middle age/golden years Republican voter base who will not let go. They are our hard-line parents who grew up in a very different America than the one we are creating and don’t know how to deal.

My Republican parents raised me on the meat-and-potatoes of being conservative – a balanced budget, minimal government involvement and states rights. However, somewhere along the way, the Right has picked up anti-immigration and the war on. . . whatever the Left isn’t warring on.

So here I am fiscally conservative and socially conservative-let me clearly explain that socially conservative to a modern day Republican means you do whatever works best for you, your body, and your land without funding by tax payer dollars. Yes, that includes drugs, abortions, guns, social programs – all of it. Meanwhile, our parents focus on shutting the doors both literally and metaphorically to immigrants and social justice warriors, and Trump feels like their loud speaker; he is shouting about all the things that make them uncomfortable, and now that they’re on their way out, they can finally shout right alongside him.

Lions are often most “vicious” in their dying days. We are witnessing the death of the Republican party, and everybody knows it.

The plan for the Republican youth needs to be rebirth. Regardless of the outcome on November 8th, the GOP must emerge from the rubble and regroup–a pilgrimage back to the core values of a party who holds big spenders accountable, offers more individual and state freedoms, and values opportunity based on work ethic. My generation of Republicans doesn’t bat an eye at gay marriage, women’s right to choose, justice system reform, climate change–we accept and embrace those things.

We need the result of this election to be that young Republicans become the new progressives by showing the nation that less government equals more progress.