Should The GOP Be Sympathetic To Bundy Cause?

By EVAN HALL • 22 HOURS AGO

... David Jenkins, President of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, said ... “Republicans, if they care about their party brand, then they really should reject this and they should also reject the whole land transfer movement, too. If you look at poll after poll after poll in the West, public lands are very popular and they contribute a lot to the economy” ...

“Conservatism is about respecting tradition, respecting history, basing your decision-making on facts and precedent, things like that. What the Bundy’s are is that they don’t believe any of that ... They’re basically a group of bullies who want what they want and they are willing to use force, intimidation, whatever they can do to affect that. It’s not conservative to point rifles at law enforcement officers, it’s not conservative to take over property of others. So, why suddenly label these guys as conservative?” ...

“You can’t say you’re for the Constitution and just choose to cherry-pick the portions that you want and not really care about original intent and you can’t be in favor of returning lands to the people when those lands already belong to the people ... We certainly don’t want people who are true conservatives to somehow feel like they need to have any sympathy for these folks because Cliven Bundy is not much different than a crime boss” ...

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