Set aside the question of whether a vote for Biden in this or any situation is moral or prudent: Donald J. Trump is gravely unqualified to lead the nation or the Republican Party. Republicans who rejected his nomination in 2016 and reject his incumbency in 2020 do so for good cause. We face a moment of decision: will the Republican Party reject Donald Trump, or must the United States reject the Republican Party?
The words have been loud: Donald Trump is a threat to national security, to the Constitution, to the nation's citizens, to the unborn, to America's allies around the world, and to the Republican Party. Action must be louder. I urge all Republicans in this election to vote for Biden or abstain from voting for a main party candidate. There is no future for a Republican Party led by Donald Trump.
If Donald Trump wins the election or is allowed to run for the Republican nomination in a future election, there is only one correct response: leave the party to Trump and his supporters. Form a new party that will be not the American Solidarity Party, the Constitution Party, or the Libertarian Party, but the anti-Republican Party. This party must court Republicans who have opposed Trump's candidacy. It must court Majority Leader McConnell. It must court Senators Romney and Sasse and others in the party who have distanced themselves from Trump. It must take down the Republican Party as swiftly as possible and forge a better competitor to the Democratic Party.
People may not understand our words, but they can not misunderstand our actions if they are decisive and forceful. This is the last chance.
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