It is refreshing to read a thoughtful conservative for a change. But give it up; there can be no forgiveness without genuine repentance, and I see no evidence of repentance from Republican elected officials (other than Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and precious few others—who were booted out of their ranks) even when Trump’s violent and seditious assault on democracy threatened their lives and gave them abundant opportunity to repent. Their subsequent craven moral cowardice leaves no excuse at all for anyone with a conscience to continue to call themselves “Republican.” The party is corrupt to the core, and needs to be spurned in order to make way for a truly loyal opposition to arise. Love won’t redeem a shamelessly corrupted soul.