The Trump Effect

     In Michael Gerson's article "The Party of Lincoln is Dying," from the Washington Post, he attempts to reason to Republicans that they should rescind their support of Trump. Gerson questions why Trump's comments about Latino Judge Gonzalo Curiel have angered Republicans more than his comments about Mexican immigrants or Muslims. He reasons that these specific comments have enraged the party so much because they are the first Trump has made since gaining endorsements from many high ranking Republicans, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who has been extremely vocal in his disapproval of the comments. Gerson closes by reasoning that most Republicans will eventually become too fed up with Trump and remove their support for him, and that while "the process of unendorsing Trump will be humiliating," the humiliation will only be temporary and the "honor of choosing rightly will endure."
     Gerson uses fairly sound logic throughout most of his editorial. He supports his main argument that Republicans are supporting Trump simply for the sake of Party unity and not because they truly agree with him with proof that this is what is going inside of the Republican Party. The main proof being that the second Trump said something that even remotely made him seem racist many high-ranking Party officials criticized his statements and said they do not condone them. Also, he provides sufficient evidence that this type of behavior is leading to the Party's demise. He cites the "basic tests of public justice" that says a racist should not be endorsed for public office as the reason why the Party is dying. He is essentially saying that because the Republican Party is failing the public, the public is losing trust in the Party, which in turn causing a decrease in support for Republicans.
     I agree with most of the arguments Gerson makes but I do not believe the end result will be what he thinks it will be. He thinks that eventually Trump will cross the line that Republicans have drawn and that this will cause Republicans to rescind their support. However, I think that if nothing Trump has said already has caused them to jump ship, then there is nothing he can say that will. Republicans are simply too anti-Hillary and pro-Republican to go against their own party, no matter how racist it may become.