Quote Originally Posted by PawDawg View Post
"actively courted their vote"? How so?

No doubt Trump unified the blue collar working class and conservatives. That's all it took to get him elected vs. Clinton. The left and the RINOs have been against ANYTHING he does from day one. I for one and SICK of the GOP leaders giving more and more to left leanings. We go across the isle, they move farther left. It's amazing that Trump standing firm on certain issues is being seen as divisive. This is the first time conservatives have had a voice in 40 years.
Bannon.

As for the rest of your post, that seems to be a "no" to my question. You're okay with Trump being divisive as long as it's something you believe should divide us. That's fine, but I don't think critiquing the left for their divisiveness is going to get you very far.

Trump is the "equal and opposite" reaction to leftist elitism and divisiveness...I get that, but the right can't criticize the left's tactics when they respond with the same tactics.

As for Trump as a voice for conservatives, we'll agree to disagree. The wall is not conservative. Fighting free trade is not conservative. The individual mandate and pre-ex clause is not conservative. Big government authoritarianism is not conservative.