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The #NeverTrump movement is all but dead. Following a drubbing of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the Indiana primary on Tuesday night, Donald Trump rose from a GOP front-runner to a GOP damn-near-certain nominee. And then Cruz and Kasich decided to drop out of the race.
That leaves #NeverTrumpers in a bind. Some have concluded that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would be a better choice than Trump in November. Others have thrown their hands up in disgust. And a growing camp has come around to the idea that, well, #MaybeTrump.
Here’s what some prominent #NeverTrump people had to say on Twitter in the aftermath of the Indiana bloodbath.
Half-right: #NeverClinton. Other half: #NeverTrump. #WeCanDoBetter https://t.co/H5hi4wdBsZ
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 4, 2016
The ONLY way I leave the #NeverTrump camp is if @TedCruz gets the Scalia SCOTUS seat. Trump would have to sign the promise in blood.
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) May 4, 2016
Never. Going. To. Happen. I will not support that vile, boorish jackass. #NeverTrump https://t.co/j7IcP8Rynh
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) May 4, 2016
You thought you saw an angry electorate voting for #Trump in the primary, wait until you see the angry conservatives NOT voting GOP in Nov!
— Ex-GOP Todd Hagopian (@ToddHagopian) May 4, 2016
Is this what real-deal #NeverTrump looks like? @SenJohnMcCain‘s former consiglieri declares #ImWithHer https://t.co/kPKipeZdPV
— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) May 3, 2016
About to be on @CNN to talk about #nevertrump and how it means #nevertrump.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) May 4, 2016
Hi #NeverTrump.
Where’s your god now?
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) May 4, 2016
With 15 vanquished, who will the #NeverTrump geniuses have Kasich form an alliance with now?
Losers.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) May 4, 2016
I have officially de-registered as a Republican. pic.twitter.com/DjRI21Oyvx
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) May 4, 2016
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 4, 2016
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) May 3, 2016
We have only begun to fight. #CruzCrew #Constitution #Liberty #NeverTrump
— Jason Johnson (@jasonsjohnson) May 4, 2016
More than a few #NeverTrump people have grown even more dedicated to the cause since the Indiana vote. The number of signatures on NeverTrump.com has eclipsed 30,000 as of early Wednesday afternoon. More than 1,000 of those came after last night’s election results.
