--- title: Super Tuesday Results: #NeverTrump Tries to Stop Donald description: Many establishment-friendly Republicans and conservative pundits kept up their campaign to stop Donald Trump's ascendance canonical: https://time.com/4244074/never-donald-trump-movement-super-tuesday/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-02T04:26:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:31:44.031Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republicans Hold #NeverTrump Vigil Even as Trump Dominates og:description: Never mind those Super Tuesday wins og:url: https://time.com/4244074/never-donald-trump-movement-super-tuesday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5181eb0ba5b31b/69887fe4cf40a81e9cc423b5/donald-trump-never-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Super Tuesday Election Night Press Conf. In Palm Beach og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republicans Hold #NeverTrump Vigil Even as Trump Dominates twitter:description: Never mind those Super Tuesday wins twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5181eb0ba5b31b/69887fe4cf40a81e9cc423b5/donald-trump-never-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republicans Hold #NeverTrump Vigil Even as Trump Dominates  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 2, 2016 4:26 AM UTC  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks to the media at the Mar-A-Lago Club on March 1, in Palm Beach, Fla. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks to the media at the Mar-A-Lago Club on March 1, in Palm Beach, Fla.John Moore/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 2, 2016 4:26 AM UTC Many establishment-friendly Republicans and conservative pundits kept up their campaign to stop Donald Trump’s ascendance to the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday night, continuing to promote the hashtag #NeverTrump on social media even as Trump [racked up a string of Super Tuesday victories](http://time.com/4243778/super-tuesday-primary-results-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/?14&xid=homepage). Tim Miller, who was the spokesman for former presidential candidate Jeb Bush, has been a vocal critic of Trump. “Donald’s campaign will go the way of Trump Mortgage & Trump Steaks. Will fight til last delegate counted #Nevertrump,” Miller [posted on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/704825684707942400) on Tuesday, as the Super Tuesday results rolled in. _Politico_ reported Tuesday that [Miller had signed on](http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/super-tuesday-anti-trump-super-pac-donors-220065) to be the spokesman for an anti-Trump super PAC, Our Principles PAC, which on the same day released a [new ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JGJVJTwLYo&feature=youtu.be) denouncing Trump as unelectable. Conservative pundit Erick Erickson touted #NeverTrump bumper stickers. But others emphasized that a vote for Trump would still be better than a vote for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. “I think the movement to stop Donald Trump is probably not a good idea, and the reason I say that is because even though he may not be the ideal candidate, if we splinter, we will guarantee a win for Hillary Clinton, and a win for Hillary Clinton will be a major loss for America,” Republican candidate Ben Carson said in an [interview with the _Independent Journal Review_](https://www.facebook.com/injoamerica/videos/10154460529887971/), when asked about the #NeverTrump movement. See how some people were using the #NeverTrump hashtag on Super Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidIRamadan/status/704862343998603265) > [](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/704825684707942400) > [](https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/704784065736499200) > [](https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/704830478222753792) > [](https://twitter.com/cspac/status/704834154018574337) > [](https://twitter.com/TeamMarco/status/704790329740939264) > [](https://twitter.com/jimgeraghty/status/704858379186020352) > [](https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/704844601375514624) > [](https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/704844033068277760) > [](https://twitter.com/elliosch/status/704840798353883136) > [](https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/704829590074740736) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4244074/never-donald-trump-movement-super-tuesday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4244074/never-donald-trump-movement-super-tuesday/"},"headline":"Republicans Hold #NeverTrump Vigil Even as Trump Dominates","datePublished":"2016-03-02T04:26:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:31:44.031Z","description":"Never mind those Super Tuesday wins","url":"https://time.com/4244074/never-donald-trump-movement-super-tuesday/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5181eb0ba5b31b/69887fe4cf40a81e9cc423b5/donald-trump-never-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb5181eb0ba5b31b/69887fe4cf40a81e9cc423b5/donald-trump-never-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Super Tuesday Election Night Press Conf. 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