Tax reform conservative Grover Norquist is dismissing dire predictions that Donald Trump's candidacy has doomed the Republican Party.
In a commentary for the site Ozy,the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform argued similar predictions about past candidates have proved wrong.
"In 1964 after the [Barry] Goldwater defeat; in 1974 after Watergate; in 1986, after Iran-Contra and the Democratic recapture of the Senate; in 1992, with the defeat of George H.W. Bush; and in 2008, after [President Barack] Obama, the same refrain was repeated with undisguised glee," Norquist writes.
"Despite the best efforts of labor unions, trial lawyers and beneficiaries of government spending, the Republicans have not disintegrated, as predicted; and despite what sometimes appear to be the best efforts of Donald J. Trump, the Republicans will not disintegrate in or after 2016."
Norquist also thinks Trump's 2005 hot-mic interview in which he uses sexually aggressive language about sexual behavior will have little effect on down-ballot races come Nov. 8.
"Trump’s sex tapes do not reflect on other Republicans,” he writes. "Try as they might, Republicans couldn’t transfer the Monica Lewinsky issue from Bill Clinton to any single House or Senate candidate in 1998 or 2000. That scandal did not shatter the Democratic Party."
The GOP is not as fragile as some would imagine, he adds.
"The upcoming election won’t change GOP state dominance, which provides a solid base for congressional and senate candidates for decades to come," he writes.
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