National Review, conservative thinkers stand against Trump
Conservatives against @realDonaldTrump is out HERE: https://t.co/beXjdcM5L9 pic.twitter.com/wuRiTAF0Pb
- National Review (@NRO) January 22, 2016
National Review, the conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley, will publish a special issue on Friday opposing Donald Trump's bid for the presidency, the publication revealed Thursday night.
The cover was tweeted by the magazine shortly before 10 p.m. ET.
The issue features a blistering editorial that labels Trump a threat to conservatism, as well as essays by 22 prominent conservative thinkers from various ideological factions, in opposition to Trump's candidacy.
"Donald Trump is a menace to American conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it underfoot on behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as The Donald himself," the editorial states.
Trump issued a blistering response, tweeting late Thursday night that the National Review is a "failing publication."
"National Review is a failing publication that has lost it's way. It's circulation is way down w its influence being at an all time low. Sad!" he said.
He then tweeted, "Very few people read the National Review because it only knows how to criticize, but not how to lead."
And then: "The late, great, William F. Buckley would be ashamed of what had happened to his prize, the dying National Review!"
The issue, first reported by Jonathan Martin of The New York Times, comes as conservative pundits and GOP leaders debate which of the two leading Republican candidates -- Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz -- poses the greater threat to the party.
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