GOP Donors Seem to be Declaring War on Trump.

The memo’s gone out. A line has been drawn.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readFeb 9, 2022
Photo by Darren Halstead on Unsplash

I’m sort embarrassed to admit part of what attracts me to politics is drama and recently, there has been plenty of it on the right wing. Of course, there’s no denying that while it might be waning ever so slightly, Donald Trump’s support remains strong among the base. But it hasn’t been a secret over the years that there are many among the donor class who thoroughly despise him. For months if not years, there has been talk of division and internal warfare within the GOP. Now it seems, more and more of the donor class are making their views and wishes known.

It’s never been surprising to see someone like Mitch McConnell criticize Trump. He has always represented the most hardline, traditional moneyed interests within the GOP and its been apparent since Trump’s rise that while he would work with him and use him as a tool to get what he needed done, there was absolutely no love between them.

Now though, staunch allies of Trump are appearing more and more willing to criticize him including not just Chris Christie and Lindsey Graham or even FOX’s Brian Kilmeade, but none other than his own Vice President. I have no love for Mike Pence, and I won’t go out of my way to give him credit for stating the obvious. That said, the most interesting aspect of…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx