Why Republican candidates won't get my vote in November

Let's start with the second claim, because it's the one doing all the work here: the idea that Republicans are the party spending tax dollars to house and care for people who crossed the border illegally. That's backwards. It's blue-state mayors and governors who've been begging Washington for billions to cover hotel rooms, shelter beds, and legal aid for the migrants bused into their cities. The GOP position, whatever else you think of it, has generally been "stop the flow at the border" rather than "expand the program that pays for it." You can disagree with the border policy. You can't rewrite who's writing the checks.

The corporate tax line is a fairer hit, and we won't pretend otherwise. There's a real argument that the 2017 cuts helped shareholders more than workers, and Republicans who won't engage with that are dodging a legitimate question. But one sentence about tax brackets doesn't add up to a coherent case for staying home in November. It reads more like a mood than an argument.

We'd take this piece more seriously if it grappled with what's actually on the ballot: energy prices, the border itself, crime, the war overseas, the size of the federal payroll. Skipping your vote because of a garbled premise about who's funding migrant housing isn't principle. It's just checking out at the exact moment the choice matters most, and handing your say to whoever shows up instead.