{"id":1587240,"date":"2022-08-03T14:46:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587240"},"modified":"2022-08-03T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:50:41","slug":"the-only-principle-never-trumpers-care-about-in-candidates-like-peter-meijer-is-trump-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-only-principle-never-trumpers-care-about-in-candidates-like-peter-meijer-is-trump-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only \u2018Principle\u2019 Never Trumpers Care About In Candidates Like Peter Meijer Is Trump Hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-only-principle-never-trumpers-care-about-in-candidates-like-peter-meijer-is-trump-hatred%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>News of Rep. Peter Meijer\u2019s loss to Trump-endorsed John Gibbs in the battle for the Republican nomination for Michigan\u2019s third district saddened and angered Never Trumpers, the media, and other Democrats. They claimed it was because he was a principled conservative, and their evidence was based on his vote to join a Democrat political operation to harm the Republican Party by impeaching its leader. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoble, Meijer was. He can hold his head high \u2014 unlike others,\u201d National Review\u2019s Jay Nordlinger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaynordlinger\/status\/1554682062975672326?s=20&#038;t=IoSpolGiyyUkVFs4GzpwNw\">tweeted<\/a> on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.48.37-AM-1024x515-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.48.37-AM-1024x515-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.48.37-AM-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.48.37-AM-768x386-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.48.37-AM.png 1190w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The Dispatch\u2019s Stephen Hayes, whose obsessive hatred of Trump helped kill one magazine and helped start yet another Never Trump publication, was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenfhayes\/status\/1554684212950753280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">angry<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisgusting \u2026 sinking a principled Republican,\u201d he vented. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-1.54.11-PM-1024x831-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-1.54.11-PM-1024x831-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-1.54.11-PM-300x244-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-1.54.11-PM-768x623-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-1.54.11-PM.png 1318w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rossputin\/status\/1554644492136751104?s=20&#038;t=IoSpolGiyyUkVFs4GzpwNw\">Commentators of all kinds<\/a> also weighed in on how awful it is to see someone with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1554686318394875904?s=20&#038;t=IoSpolGiyyUkVFs4GzpwNw\">dignity<\/a>\u201d and a \u201cbackbone\u201d depart office so soon. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.35.20-AM-1024x720-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.35.20-AM-1024x720-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.35.20-AM-300x211-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.35.20-AM-768x540-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.35.20-AM.png 1206w\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.56.46-AM-1024x509-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.56.46-AM-1024x509-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.56.46-AM-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.56.46-AM-768x381-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-9.56.46-AM.png 1180w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAFrench\/status\/1554710664886771712?s=20&#038;t=IoSpolGiyyUkVFs4GzpwNw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ccourageous, honorable man,\u201d<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahLongwell25\/status\/1554791717534056448?s=20&#038;t=IoSpolGiyyUkVFs4GzpwNw\">\u201cdecent, sane Republican,\u201d<\/a> was ousted from office, said Never Trump extremists David French and Sarah Longwell. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.33.11-AM-1024x581-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.33.11-AM-1024x581-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.33.11-AM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.33.11-AM-768x436-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-03-at-10.33.11-AM.png 1206w\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Even Meijer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronlarnavarro\/status\/1554704287032381441?s=20&#038;t=zhy5dswwkObTP7J-tFo0CA\">said in a statement<\/a> that he\u2019s \u201cproud to have remained true to my principles, even when doing so came at a significant political cost.\u201d That\u2019s after he blamed his \u201cDemocratic colleagues\u201d for trying \u201cto sell out any pretense of principle for political expediency\u201d in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/why-the-democrats-are-funding-my?r=5aggn&#038;s=r&#038;utm_campaign=post&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opinion editorial<\/a> published one day before election day.<\/p>\n<p>But leaving aside whether joining with Democrats on their factually inaccurate, hypocritical, and histrionic political impeachment plot shows any principle, much less conservative principle, was Meijer a principled conservative? His track record \u2014 which is what the same constituents who voted for him in 2020, knew his name, and likely shopped at his family\u2019s popular grocery store chain were voting on \u2014 suggests otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Meijer is hailed by the establishment as a \u201cprincipled\u201d conservative, but he certainly doesn\u2019t act or vote like a true conservative. His first vote in the House of Representatives was to impeach Trump, joining with eight other Republicans who followed Liz Cheney\u2019s mission. That\u2019s the vote that curried him favor with politicians and members of the media who attack anyone with an R next to their name. <\/p>\n<p>And he has often separated himself from the core Republican voting bloc to side with Democrats on legislation that is generally frowned upon by the majority of conservatives and their voters. <\/p>\n<p>In just the last few months, Meijer has delivered \u201cyeas\u201d to multiple bills that, by all accounts, Democrats and the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/twentythree-republicans-backed-both-biden-administration-recent-big-wins-1729917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consider wins<\/a> for their agenda. Meijer was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/votes\/117-2021\/h329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of nine Republicans<\/a> to vote to find Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the partisan Jan. 6 Committee\u2019s sham trial. He was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3566600-these-are-the-47-house-republicans-who-voted-for-a-bill-protecting-marriage-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">47 House Republicans<\/a> who recently sided with Democrats to codify the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Meijer also gladly backed Democrats\u2019 gun control bill, which is littered with vague language about \u201cdating partners,\u201d plus red flag laws and the controversial \u201cCHIPS\u201d act, which House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3578045-mccarthy-rails-against-chips-bill-democrats-in-extensive-floor-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specifically urged Republicans to oppose<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The only reason Meijer ever won the good graces of our Trump Derangement Syndrome-plagued ruling class is that he voted to impeach Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Why? Because the only principle the anti-Trump regime even remotely cares about is hating former President Donald Trump. Republican voters don\u2019t share that \u201cprinciple,\u201d and they want far more than hatred of a conservative president to demonstrate Republican leadership worthy of re-election.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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