Most conservative commentators opposed Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries. Many also refused to support him over Hillary Clinton in the general election. Some have continued their opposition now, and the president gives them ammunition with his shortcomings, ethics, decorum, and some policies.

Among those who still wear the label “Never Trump” there remain some self-identified conservatives who want Democrats to win the midterm elections, arguing in at least one case that the Republican Party must be destroyed in order to be rebuilt from the ground up.