[Breitbart] Peter Wehner the "Never Trumper" and former George W. Bush adviser, is so distraught that President Donald Trump’s supporters are sticking by Trump that he is calling for Republican officials to form a "shadow government" to undermine Trump and his agenda.Writing in the New York Times, of course, Wehner declares "what’s required now is a comprehensive, consistent case by Republican leaders at the state and national levels that signals their opposition to the moral ugliness and intellectual incoherence of Mr. Trump."
"Rather than standing by the president, they should consider themselves liberated and offer a constructive, humane and appealing alternative to him," Wehner writes in his "Sunday Review" column. "They need to think in terms of a shadow government during the Trump era, with the elevation of alternative leaders on a range of matters."
He says "this approach involves risk and may not work" and predicts it will provoke "an angry response" from the "Breitbart-alt-right-talk-radio part of the party."
"So be it," Wehner continues, adding that "Republicans who don’t share Mr. Trump’s approach have to hope that his imploding presidency has created an opening to offer a profoundly different vision of America, one that is based on opportunity, openness, mobility and inclusion."
He calls for a "new intellectual infrastructure to address what may prove to be one of the largest economic disruptions in history" and implores "people in positions of influence" to "appeal to moral idealism."