After Juneteenth I think it is a good time to answer the question I’ve heard over dinner from my Democrat friends, “How can you be a Republican?”As though being a Republican is something that requires an apology.It doesn't. But it’s a fair question.I have never believed that Republicans have all the answers. Like every political party, Republicans have made mistakes. Some have spent too much, compromised too easily, abandoned conservative principles, or disappointed those who elected them.But I remain a Republican because I believe in the principles upon which the party was founded and because history tells a story that too many Americans have forgotten.The Republican Party was founded in 1854 for one overriding purpose: to halt slavery, an institution that had
