Some Yale College Republicans Resign After Group Backs Trump
The Yale College Republicans apparently have some Never Trumpers.
The College Fix reports.
Members of Yale College Republicans resign after group officially backs Trump
Several members of the Yale College Republicans executive council quit after the organization endorsed Donald Trump on Monday. They quickly established their own group: the Yale New Republicans.
“Many among the Yale College Republicans’ ranks did not see this endorsement as the best decision,” the YNR said in a statement released Thursday.
“These members have since regrouped and set out to form the Yale New Republicans, a more active Republican organization on campus that will always put national interests above partisan ones.”
According to the statement, the Yale New Republicans aim to bring together similarly-minded, right-leaning individuals to promote conservative values as well as increase political participation and voter education. While the organization will advocate for conservative and often Republican candidates, it is not affiliated with the National College Republican organization. This allows the group flexibility to support the most qualified candidates running, the statement says, rather than having to choose along partisan lines and potentially support nominees who largely deviate from the organization’s values.
The Yale New Republicans is not the only conservative student organization to have formed as a result of the Yale College Republicans divisive endorsement. A new group called Yale Undergraduate Conservatives Against Trump was also formed Wednesday. In an interview with the Yale Free Press, YUCAT founder and president Alexander Michaud ’17 said the group plans to endorse a third-party candidate and campaign against Trump.
Members of Yale College Republicans resign after group officially backs Trump (The College Fix)
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Why “Yale New Republicans”?
Sounds like “Yale Old Republicans” would be more appropriate.
Okay, I may be way off with this but, despite their athletic prowess, intelligence and wonderful grades, college-age students are, well, inexperienced. At least with Real World Living Skills–didn’t something like 92% of students who voted in ’08 select the Great Obama??