Headline Roundup • July 21st, 2020

Perspectives: Will Kasich, Never Trumpers Triumph in November?

Elections,2020 Election,Donald Trump,John Kasich,Lincoln Project,Joe Biden,Republican Party,Politics

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and frequent critic of President Donald Trump, will speak at the Democratic National Convention on Joe Biden’s behalf next month, according to an Associated Press report. Kasich is one of several notable Republicans whose criticism of Trump has led them to support Biden. The Lincoln Project is a political action campaign founded by former Republican campaign consultants Steve Schmidt, Rick Wilson, and John Weaver and former Republican lawyer George Conway. The founders of The Lincoln Project expressed their support for Biden in a Washington Post op-ed Monday. Several voices from the right said that Kasich and The Lincoln Project have left behind their conservative values in support of Biden. Some voices from the left also criticized support from the right, questioning the purpose of their campaigns. Other voices from the left welcome the support and highlight the similarities between Kasich's message and Biden's message. Some coverage from left-rated outlets also states that both The Lincoln Project campaign and Kasich’s speech serve to show bipartisan dissatisfaction with Trump, and to give a "permission structure" for Republican voters to support Biden.

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What Kasich Gives Biden

The Atlantic

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The Atlantic

Opinion

On Monday, the Associated Press reported that former Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich would speak at the Democratic National Convention in August. For one party to dragoon a notable from the other side into endorsing its presidential candidate is hardly unprecedented. And most of the time, it makes no difference.

But, every now and then, a partisan defector perfectly amplifies the message his endorsee is trying to send. Joe Biden is running against an incumbent who appears largely unperturbed by the death of 140,000 of his fellow...

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Why Is the Left Angry at Republicans Working to Elect Joe Biden?

New York Magazine

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Analysis

Conservatives are always looking for converts, the old saying goes, while liberals are always looking for heretics. This would explain why so many of each are so angry right now. Joe Biden’s campaign has attracted the support of a small clique of Republican converts: the Lincoln Project, a boutique collection of anti-Trump Republicans, as well as former Ohio governor John Kasich, who confirmed yesterday he will endorse Biden at the Democratic convention.

It’s no surprise conservatives are furious. Anti-anti-Trump conservative Dan McLaughlin argues in National Review that the defectors have...

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The Lincoln Project and John Kasich Lack the Credibility to Lead Never-Trump Republicans

National Review (News)

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Opinion

There are honorable and honest ways to oppose your own party, and to leave it. As a conservative who took the Never-Trump path and voted for Evan McMullin in 2016, I will grant the good faith of a lot of lifelong Republicans and conservatives who believe that they must support Donald Trump’s opponent on the grounds that Trump is unfit for office. And people are entitled to change their minds about what they believe. But it is also important to be honest about what you’re doing, and to take responsibility...

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