Political excitement and engagement will be reaching an all-time high as the presidential election draws near. After a particularly divisive primary season, one would expect political parties and their members to go through a phase of reunification and fall in line to support their party’s nominee. Unfortunately, this will not be the case for the Washington University College Republicans this election season. We will not be endorsing Donald Trump for president.

After every presidential election, half of the country is elated by the outcome and the other half disappointed. While a large constituency of the country will always be upset by the results, the individual elected president must still make an effort to represent the entire nation. This cycle, both candidates have had trouble pushing this idea—Hillary Clinton calling her number one enemy the Republicans and half of Trump’s supporters “deplorables” and Donald Trump making inappropriate charges against women and immigrants, to name a few. The country is in need of an individual who can remind of us of our similarities rather than our differences, and both candidates—including Trump—fall short of this ideal.

Donald Trump’s policies are also out of step with those of establishment Republicans. One of the reasons the Republicans were blindsided by Trump’s success during the primaries is because most assumed a man with un-Republican policies would not be able to last in a primary whose sole purpose is to select the next leader of the Republican party. Trump has—sometimes flippantly—called for a departure from NATO and immigration policies that would surely stifle American innovation. In addition, keeping the deficit under control, a cornerstone of the Republican Party, has only been an afterthought for Donald Trump. His budget plan is estimated to add $11.5 trillion to the national debt, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Perhaps the most troubling aspect of a Trump presidency is not his policies, but his inability or refusal to treat issues of grave importance with the consideration that they require. In July 2015, Trump said that he does not like people who are captured during war, referring to Senator John McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. McCain, a man who fought for his country and endured torture at the hands of the enemy, should be the last person receiving scrutiny of his service. A president who does not understand the gravity of war, and the inevitable cost of life that is associated with it, is a president who is unfit to steer foreign policy.

We should note that even the unfamiliar sight of a College Republicans chapter not endorsing their nominee is not uncommon in this election cycle. A myriad of Republicans this year have decided not to endorse Trump either. Many Republicans have realized that we need a candidate who will follow the guidance of and adhere to the United States constitution, and not a nominee who speaks of his presidency as a “reign.”

Trump’s success has surprised and blindsided the establishment in an incredibly unpredictable way. While we are excited and in fact support many down-ballot Republican candidates, we cannot help but feel anxiety for the future of the party. Nevertheless, we still harbor a great deal of optimism. Seismic shifts in a party can be a welcome occurrence. Trump has provided a venue whereby it will be appropriate (and necessary) to reevaluate long-standing fixtures of the Republican Party and redirect focus to exemplary, young and up-and-coming Republicans like Paul Ryan, Ben Sasse and Tom Cotton.

With the hindsight of this year’s primary, it is time to fix the weaknesses of the Republican Party. With the opportunity to chart the future course of the party, it is time to redirect attention to the rising stars and highlight our strengths. And with Donald Trump as our nominee, it is time to put country above party and not support the individual it would be so natural to support under normal circumstances.