In the wake of the impeachment trial vote against more witnesses, neoconservative pundit Never Trumper Bill Kristol declared himself a Democrat, saying “we are all Democrats now.”

Not presumably forever; not perhaps for a day after Nov. 3, 2020; not on every issue or in every way until then. But for the time being one has to say: We are all Democrats now.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 1, 2020

He was immediately called out for it and may already been regretting his choice when he tweeted this, imploring his fellow Democrats not to vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Maybe Dems shouldn’t nominate a socialist? https://t.co/jDHpXlXRNo

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 2, 2020

Too late. They’re your party now. What Kristol just revealed is what he always was anyway, he’s just now admitting it.

Gentle reminder: Bill Kristol – pompous ass since 1952 https://t.co/yrGVWZ6AAR

— David FitzSimmons (@dmfitzsimmons) February 2, 2020

But we wanted to point out a post from our friends over at Twitchy, highlighting another person who had been a Never Trumper. Because there are far more folks like Phineas Fahrquar than there are like Bill Kristol. The folks who had reservations but kept an open mind. Fahrquar takes on the Bulwark folks like Kristol and Amanda Carpenter and destroys their arguments.

1. I was adamantly never Trump prior to the election. You can check my timeline for proof. And I left the Republican party when he won the nomination. Still haven't rejoined. And I maintain an ingrained distrust of populism. However, something happened on 11/8/2016 #thread https://t.co/VWTOWtPi01

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

2. Trump won. And so I did what I did when Obama won: give him a chance & see what happens. In the 3.5 years since, he’s been much better than I feared policy-wise. Not on everything, but on enough.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

Imagine what we have now that we never would have had but for Trump, that conservatives, even if they weren’t for Trump should be for – stronger military, tax cuts, deregulation, a banging economy, lower unemployment, and conservative judges for a generation.

3. I don’t like the way he behaves; I wish to God he had more self-control and wasn’t such a barroom loudmouth. But, for all that, he’s better than the alternatives. They’re downright frightening.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

4. Harris, Warren, Sanders. They’ve all expressed a desire for presidential rule-by-decree. Biden’s grasp on reality is tenuous at best – and slipping. These are all preferable to Trump?

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

5. Bulwark wishes to “conserve conservatism.” Pray, how is that done by enabling ever-larger and oppressive government, statist economics, hostility toward free speech, and an identity politics…

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

6. …that is itself racist? That is what the Democrats are offering: a putrid slough of policies antithetical to everything we as a nation supposedly hold dear. Strategically vote for this?

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

That’s exactly what you get if you vote Democratic. Every step you take further left is one that becomes harder and harder to pull back. It’s already incredibly difficult after eight years of Obama. Voting Trump is literally the “Bulwark” against that, supporting basic freedoms, rights and the economy.

7. I can get a principled, conservative never-Trump position that chooses to vote third party or not vote at all. I disagree with it, but I can respect it.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

8. What I can’t understand, let alone respect, is nuking from orbit everything we hold dear because we hate one man and his fans so much. That’s not “principled.” That’s juvenile.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

9. It’s throwing a tantrum. It’s smashing your head repeatedly against a wall to punish those who will not give you what you want. The worst part is you hurt everyone around you by doing it.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

Exactly.

10. So, good luck at The Bulwark. I wish you well. I, however, and many like me, are going to look at the choices and adapt Queen Victoria’s advice: lie back, think of America, and vote for Trump.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) February 2, 2020

Now, while I might disagree with the phrasing or the good wishes for the Bulwark, there are far more Americans like Fahrquar, who’ve left their minds open, than those like Kristol and the Bulwark and they’re going to help vote down the Democrats in 2020 and re-elect Trump.