On Tuesday, former Republicans whose distaste for conservative populism has landed them in the Never Trump category — and were looking for a place to land with Kamala Harris — were left homeless once again when she went far to the left by selecting Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as a running mate.

On social media, Matt Lewis, podcaster and author of Too Dumb to Fail, posted gloomily, “If you were a Never Trump conservative who was hoping to rationalize a vote for the Dem ticket (a short-term alliance) it just got harder.”