No, Republicans do not have to vote for Democrats to curb Trump

In late summer and September, an epidemic of self-identified (and mostly inactive) Republican political consultants and ostensibly Republican experts declared their intention to "save the Republican Party" by voting by universal suffrage democratically in November. This action, they say, will hold President Trump and his facilitators accountable because, as Steve Schmidt, a former advisor to John McCain's presidential campaign in June, said, the Democratic Party "is just and loyal" to our Republic ".

Or, as Tom Nichols put it in the Washington Post, "those who claim to oppose Trump and Trumpism can not, at the last moment, move away from voting to deprive the party of its power."

Ah, but they can – and in many cases should. Because in the scenario pushed by these discontented Republicans, only the most deceptive candidates would be safe.

By way of establishing the powers, I have just completed my two-year cycle of the 11th House of Representatives as a Republican Political Consultant. We represented more than 50 clients in 31 states and Puerto Rico, raised more than $ 72 million for GOP House and Senate candidates during this period and won about 80% of our election.

Yet, I did not vote for Trump, and I do not intend to vote for my party's candidate for the governorship of Virginia because he seems determined to continue fighting the Civil War – in the name of of the Confederation.

Election by election, voters can and must make their own decisions. To ask voters to reject a representative who visited them assumes that it is more important to "send a message" than to vote for one's best interests.
Consider: The average family of four will have $ 2,059 more of their own income to save, spend or invest under the Tax Reduction and Jobs Act. The Family Savings Act will help families pay for their education and retirement, reducing reliance on crippling student loans and providing a way to supplement social security.

Republicans in the House have passed the American Health Care Act to put Americans back in charge of their health care and protect those with pre-existing problems by prohibiting them from taking out health insurance. The Senate should pass this law.

In addition, the House Republicans finally allocated the necessary funds to our military and our veterans and passed a landmark bill to combat prescription drug abuse.

What about the claim that Congressional Republicans refuse to take the reins of Trump? Nonsense: The House and Senate passed tough and binding sanctions against Russia in 2017 for its objection and refused to submit to the demands of the executive to lift them. Investigations by Special Advisor Robert Mueller continue.

Moreover, if center-right voters and independent conservatives listen to these experts, the Republicans most likely to be defeated are the independent and centrist representatives of constituencies, such as Rep. Carlos Curbelo, in South Florida. Trump's loyal supporters in most Republican districts are unlikely to lose the general election.

And such a strategy should not only look at what the Americans would vote for, but also what they would vote for.

A democratic voting vote means support for the alleged socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Queens. It allows and advances occasional anti-Semitism in anti-Zionism through candidates like Rashida Tlaib in Michigan, Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, Scott Wallace in Pennsylvania and Leslie Cockburn in Virginia. This would mean neglecting the admitted conjugal violence committed by Archie Parnell in South Carolina. He remains the candidate of the Democratic Party in the 5th district of Congress.

Democrats now want to bring us "Medicare for All", whose cost will bury the middle class and lead to rationing of care.

Neither party has been serious enough about the national debt, but Republicans have controlled the House for 19 of the last 23 budget years and the average deficit as a percentage of GDP during those years is 1.89% . The average deficit as a percentage of GDP over the last 19 fiscal years of democratic control, dating from 1981 to 1995 and from 2008 to 2011, is 4.49%.

I do not advocate a direct vote for a party. I am convinced that the philosophy, character, and achievements of most Republican candidates are better suited to supporters of limited government than most Democratic candidates suggest. Responsible consultants and experts should provide information and arguments, but then encourage voters to make their own rational decisions.

Nathan Wurtzel is a senior GOP political consultant and owner of Reprise Consulting. He is a partner at Synergist Consulting LLC and a former partner of Catalyst Group LLC.