Columnist George Will Speaks Out for First Time After Leaving GOP, Shares What He Sees as Trump’s ‘Advantage’

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Blaze:

Conservative columnist George Will made his first on-air comments on “Fox News Sunday” after announcing Saturday his decision to leave the GOP.

 

When asked why he chose to break away from his party, Will told Fox’s Chris Wallace that he left for the same reason he joined in 1964 when he voted for Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater.

 

“I joined because I was a conservative and I leave for the same reason, that I’m a conservative,” Will said.

 

“Shortly after Trump became the presumptive nominee, he had a summit meeting with Paul Ryan, where they stressed that common principles and their vast shared ground, which is much more important than their differences,” he continued.

 

Will said that the outcome of Trump’s meeting with Ryan was “doubly” puzzling because afterwards, Ryan still did not endorse the candidate. He noted that it was after Trump made controversial comments about an Indiana judge’s Mexican heritage that Ryan offered his endorsement, though he condemned the comments.

 

It was after this that the longtime conservative decided to leave the GOP.

 

“I decided that, in fact, this is not my party anymore,” he shared. “I changed my registration to ‘unaffiliated’ 23 days ago.”

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And now, "irrelevant."

[Valin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rELzMxHXevI

 

@WestVirginiaRebel

 

Conservative George Will, will remain relevant long after liberal Donald Trump fades into irrelevancy.

[Valin]

Earlier today, Trump vindictively hit back at Will, tweeting:

 

“George Will, one of the most overrated political pundits (who lost his way long ago), has left the Republican Party.He’s made many bad calls”

 

But Will had his own comeback:

"He has an advantage on me, because he can say everything he knows about any subject in 140 characters and I can’t."