"I left the Republican Party for the same reason I joined it
in 1964 – because I was a conservative. I leave for the same reason, I'm a
conservative. To give you a time line, shortly after Trump became the
presumptive nominee, he had a summit meeting with Paul Ryan where they stressed
their common principles and their vast shared ground, which is much more
important than their differences. I thought that was puzzling because Paul Ryan
still didn't endorse him. After Trump went after the Mexican judge from
northern Indiana, then Paul Ryan endorsed him. I decided that, in fact, this is
not my party anymore. I changed my registration to unaffiliated. I hardly made
an announcement. I just mentioned this in a meeting with the Federalist
Society. The long and the short of it is, as Ronald Reagan said when he changed
his registration, I did not leave the Democratic party, the Democratic party
left me." - George Will
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