‘Never Trump’ Republicans Fear They have Been Blacklisted

HMM,  THIS IS WHY YOU NEVER SAY NEVER …

The WAPO reports that some Never Trumper’ national security Republicans find them self blacklisted and personae non gratae following Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory. Image that? So let’s understand this, they signed a “Never Trump” letter, they said that a Trump presidency would be a danger to the United States and now they want a job in a Trump administration. Really? This is exactly the BS that Trump ran against. So were these individuals actually against Trump or did they just think that Hillary was going to win and they were hedging their bets? As Instupundit opines, “I mean, when you sign a ‘Never Trump’ letter, aren’t you blacklisting yourself?” Or even better than that, gotta love the headline at Powerline … “Never Trump” Republicans whine that Trump may say “never them”.

They are some of the biggest names in the Republican national security firmament, veterans of past GOP administrations who say, if called upon by President-elect Donald Trump, they stand ready to serve their country again.

But their phones aren’t ringing. Their entreaties to Trump Tower in New York have mostly gone unanswered. In Trump world, these establishment all-stars say they are “PNG” — personae non gratae.

Their transgression was signing one or both of two public “Never Trump” letters during the campaign, declaring they would not vote for Trump and calling his candidacy a danger to the nation.

One letter, with 122 names, was published by War on the Rocks, a website devoted to national security commentary, during the primary season in March. The other, with 50 names, including some repeat signatories, was published by the New York Times during the general-election campaign in August.