We call ourselves “legacy” Republicans to honor all the great Republicans from our past and to distinguish ourselves from the dishonorable Trump Republicans in office today. 

We are not an organized group or political campaign. The idea started from a discussion of 42 Republicans on Facebook. We shared a respect for traditional Republicans and rejected Trump Republicans. The term “Legacy Republicans” was born. And it led to building this website. 

The term “legacy” Republicans is not trademarked, anyone can use it to describe their own views. We’ve defined it but invite all Republicans of good will to join us in our efforts to save the Republican Party.

“We’ve got to make it clear we are not Trump Republicans, we are old school Republicans.” — R.L., Florida

“I am a legacy Republican and if they ask, I tell them.” — F.R., Washington

“I am not a Trump supporter but still am and always have been a Republican.” — H.H., Ohio

“Good people got sucked into this mess. Not sure all of them can be saved, but we can save the Party.” — H.G., Ohio

“Those stupid xxxxxxxxxxx took down weather radar stations. Our guys did this. They stopped making payments on the xxxxxxx radar system. Now it’s gone, off the network and not coming back.” — B.B., Kentucky

“We’ve got to go back to our roots. Until we rid the party of all Trump Republicans, we won’t have a chance of winning again.” — D.W., Ohio

“The legacy could be lost. She [referring to his wife] thinks we need to impeach Trump to protect the Republican Party, before it disappears.” — P.L., Ohio

“So cancer research was wasteful but a $45 million dollar parade is good?” — A.J., North Carolina

“Most farmers are now thinking they are legacy Republicans, just starting to come around to reality.” — R.N., Iowa

“It’s up to normal Republicans to stop them before it is too late. We’ll never win another election unless we clean house.” — E.G., Kentucky

“If enough of us say we’re ‘legacy’ Republicans, it could take off.” — L.R., Ohio

“True Republicans honor and protect our alliances. Legacy Republicans do not invade other countries or threaten America’s allies.” — G.D., Ohio

“We won’t vote again until the current crop of Republicans are gone.” — R.J., Indiana

“Makes me sick to think about voting for a Democrat—so probably not going to at this point, but I will not, I won’t vote for a Trumper in the midterms.” — M.T., Ohio

“No Republican president before this one would have put his picture on the front and sides of 14 federal buildings. No way that would happen.” — K.A., Wisconsin

“They say 60% [of Republicans] still believe in democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. I hope to God that’s true.” — P.F.M., Kentucky

“I can’t go along with this nonsense anymore. This is not what being a Republican is about.” — N.M., Ohio

“Trump is not a Christian and he doesn’t give a damn about real Republicans or anything. He wouldn’t know a scripture if it hit him over the head.” — S.W., Ohio

“I guess I’m a Reagan-Bush Republican because I am definitely not a Trump Republican.” — T.T., Ohio

“We still like the MAGA idea—who doesn’t want the U.S. to be great?—but just not the way they are going about it.” — B.M., Indiana

“I never trusted the guy—never voted for him—but I’m still a Republican. So if that means I’m a ‘legacy’ Republican, then fine. I’m good with that.” — Name Withheld

“My wife said I was an ‘always-Trumper’ until they gutted the Veterans Administration.” — C.F., Ohio

“Those kids, like 20 years old, indiscriminately fired thousands of Vets—the Vets working to help other Vets—and Trump’s Republicans let them do it.” — J.W.S., Kentucky

“Conservative, not crazy. And I’m not afraid of Elon Musk.” — A.S.B., Indiana

“He lost me when they laid off the fucking IRS collections people—the people bringing in the fucking money. They said—and I’m not joking—they said they fired them to be more efficient.” — E.L.M., Michigan

“I got out when Trump made it legal to bribe a government official. Really, Trump's Republicans took away the actual law that said bribes were illegal. I shit you not.” — P.S., Pennsylvania

“Tariffs are punitive. And they did this to our allies. We had trade agreements in place with all these countries, but our Trump Republicans acted like we didn’t—like written agreements didn’t exist. They targeted and tariffed our allies! Our allies. Stupid and dangerous.” — R.M., Tennessee

“I honestly think the party got off track the moment he came down that stupid escalator.” — P.R., Michigan

“We are starting down a path toward a dystopian future on par with the Escape from New York movie.” — D.H., Maryland

“Trump has changed America’s position; he has rejected democratic Ukraine and embraced dictatorship Russia in the name of the United States.” — L.W., Ohio

“We’ve seen that Trump Republicans have gutted the FBI and CIA and don’t give a crap what it means to our security.” — N.S., Tallahassee

“He has damaged or destroyed centuries of strategic international alliances, threatening our ability to protect the United States from adversaries. This isn’t hyperbole.” — A.L.J., Arizona

“We are talking about centuries of military alliances and centuries of goodwill around the world.” — L.L., Indiana

“It isn’t only the acid rain—we Republicans are bringing back polio and leg braces.” — R.B., Ohio

“Trump thinks it’s free money. He has no clue how they work. He seriously doesn’t understand how tariffs are passed along to the end customer. He said that.” — N.R., Michigan

“This is not a calculated Republican strategy—not with forethought or planning. Trump Republicans bring down all Republicans.” — M.J., Illinois

“They’ve decided schools are now somehow bad, so now Republicans aren’t supposed to support public schools. What? Education is bad? These people are crazy.” — M.T., Iowa

“Normal Republicans know science like this benefits all Americans. I’ve never met a Republican who said, or even thought, this [taxpayer] cancer research was wasteful.” — H.A., Indiana

“Midterms are it. Remove Republicans until Republicans do not control whether or not the United States should attack America’s allies.” — A.S., Tennessee