But in interviews with Never Trump Republicans over the past month, there has been a palpable resistance to Warren, even if, as the Democratic nominee, she offers the most realistic path to defeating the president. Indeed, watching the senator catch or surpass Biden in some public opinion polls has left many of the president’s GOP opponents feeling despondent and disenfranchised.

These Never Trump Republicans argue that a Trump-Warren matchup offers equally bad choices, albeit for different reasons. They complain about the senator’s liberalism, which offends their conservative sensibilities and counters everything they have worked for professionally. They also complain about Warren’s populism, which strikes them as similar to the president’s.

“I find certain things about Elizabeth Warren to be reminiscent of Trump, frankly,” said Mona Charen, a conservative columnist and outspoken Trump critic. “I’m very eager to see Trump gone. He’s so destructive to the country and all the things I hold dear — and conservative values. But unfortunately, the Democratic Party seems to have a death wish.”