A young Republican has written an emotional letter to The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol saying the GOP may have to fold unless it can "shake itself awake" from the spell of Donald Trump.
"I am a Republican eager to reclaim the mantle of classical liberalism. I am also under 25 and can assure you of the damage Trump has done to the party brand amongst my cohorts," Andrew Gabel writes.
"I know more than few right leaning voters my age who feel utterly betrayed by the party and, as a result, will vote for [Hillary] Clinton. I am inclined to think that they will not soon return."
Gabel sees "no viable future" for a Republican party "under the spell" of Trump. And the GOP can "shake itself awake," he says, it may "indeed be time to start anew."
"Whether it be a revival of the Federalist party (Hamilton is very popular these days!) or the Whigs, it is my deep conviction that the United States requires a party of John Locke and Adam Smith."
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