I read McElroy's remarks and saw the playback (where there was audio).  It is wrong to characterize this as an anti-Trump event as it would have happened anyway.  Sadly, there was no audience participation, which may have broadened the opinions expressed.  There is a place for liberty in Catholic thought - without human freedom we are moral automatons.  That is not virtue, it is moral tyranny.

Carson does not have the self-respect to realize that he is getting the "black seat" at the cabinet table.  That lack of self-awareness disqualifies them (as well as the lack of experience in housing).  He should be at HHS, not HUD, except that he is fringe either way.

If the Spectator says something, I believe the opposite.  Francis is charitable, but sometimes the Truth hurts.  The right wing is never comfortable hearing the prophetic voice. Reactionaries hate prophesy.