Brent Scowcroft, foreign
policy adviser to four GOP presidents, said in a statement last month
that Clinton “has the wisdom and experience to lead our country at this
critical time.”
Henry Paulson Jr. former treasury secretary under President George W. Bush, said “Enough is enough. It’s time to put country before party and say it together: Never Trump.”
Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state to George W. Bush, told Politico last month, “If Donald Trump is the nominee, I would vote for Hillary Clinton.”
Ken Adelman, U.S. Arms Control director under Ronald Reagan, said “Not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but also I am not voting for any Republican who endorsed or supported Trump.”
Dr. Patrick Cronin, senior official at USAID during the W. Bush administration,
who said, “Only one candidate has thought through America’s challenges…
and is ready to be president, and I intend to vote for her—Hillary
Clinton.”
Philip Levy, member of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors, said, “Never Trump and I meant it. If Secretary Clinton is the only viable alternative, I would expect to support her.”
Tony Fratto, W. Bush administration deputy press secretary, said, “I’d prefer to have Hillary Clinton in the White House than Donald Trump.”
Kori Schake, former George W. Bush National Security official, said she is voting for @HillaryClinton.
Jim Cicconi, former White House staffer under Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush,
said in a statement, “Hillary Clinton is experienced, qualified, and
will make a fine president. The alternative, I fear, would set our
nation on a very dark path.”
Alan Steinberg, Bush administration regional EPA administrator,
who worked with Clinton when she was New York senator, is voting for
her and said, “She can work with people on the opposite side of the
political aisle.”
Doug Elmets, former Reagan White House staffer, who worked with conservative icons Lee Atwater and Ed Rollins,
said, “I can live with four years of Hillary Clinton before I could
ever live with one day of Donald Trump as president.” This will be his
first vote ever for a Democrat.
Max Boot, author and military historian,
told Vox last month, “I am literally losing sleep over Donald Trump.” A
lifelong Republican, he said he would vote for Hillary Clinton.
Retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor, former aide to David Petraeus, now a professor of military history at Ohio State University, told The Washington Post
he thinks Trump is too dangerous to be president, and that Clinton will
be “the first Democratic presidential candidate I’ve voted for in my
adult life.”
Tom Nichols, Military College Professor and former GOP congressional staffer, @RadioFreeTom calls Clinton “a far more plausible Commander in Chief. And that’s all that matters now.”
Marc Andreesen,
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and former Romney donor, said the
idea of cutting off the flow of immigrants “makes me sick,” tweeting
“#imwithher.”
Dan Akerson former
General Motors CEO, says Clinton has “the experience and judgment to
serve as an effective Commander in chief. In this election, I will cast
my ballot for Secretary Clinton.”
Hamid Moghadam,
Prologis CEO and immigrant from post-revolutionary Iran, says America
is about tolerance and inclusion “and that’s why, as a lifelong
Republican supporter, I endorse Hillary Clinton for president in this
election.”
Douglas Brand, professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross, wrote in Fortune Magazine,
“To support Trump, we must sacrifice our principles and reconcile our
minds to his. Better we should follow Hamilton’s example and support an
opposing party whose principles we reject—and remain a principles party
of opposition.”
Michael Vlock, Connecticut investor who has given nearly $5 million to Republicans in last two years, told The New York Times he won’t donate to Trump because “he is too selfish, flawed and unpredictable to hold the power of the presidency.”
William Oberndorf, California-based investor, who gave $3 million to Republicans in the last four years, told The New York Times that Trump is so unacceptable that he would vote for Clinton.
Mike Fernandez, a healthcare magnate and one of Jeb Bush’s billionaires in Florida, told the Miami Herald if the choice is between Trump and Clinton, “I’m choosing Hillary.”
Robert Smith, conservative former New York Supreme Court judge
(and father of BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith), says he’s voting
for a Democrat for president. He said it’s “the first time I’ve done it
in 36 years, and I think the decision is easy. Hillary Clinton is the
only responsible choice.”
Dan Webb, former U.S. attorney, told The Chicago Sun-Times that Trump is “not fit to be president”
and he thinks “a huge volume of Republicans” are saying the same thing.
He urged them to “get off the sidelines, give Hillary some money and
support her because we can’t afford to let him become president.”
Larry Pressler, former South Dakota Republican senator, endorsed Clinton after the mass shooting in Orlando,
citing her support for gun safety measures. “If someone had told me 10
years ago I would do this, I wouldn’t have believed them,” he told The
Hill last month.
Arne Carlson, former Minnesota Republican governor,
worked with Clinton when she was first lady and praised her for doing
“something first ladies since Eleanor Roosevelt haven’t done. And that
was engage in public policy… She really drove the healthcare debate, and
that was the first concerted effort to demonize her, orchestrated by
the insurance companies.”
Mark Salter, former top adviser to Sen. John McCain,
told Real Clear Politics that Trump “possesses the emotional maturity
of a 6-year-old,” and that he “views the powers of the presidency as
weapons to punish people who’ve been mean to him—reporters, rival
candidates, critics.”
Jamie Weinstein, Daily Caller editor, said in early May that if it’s Trump-Hillary with no serious third-party option, “there is just no question: I’d take a Tums and cast my ballot for Hillary.”
Mike Treiser, former
Romney staffer, wrote on Facebook in early May, “In the face of
bigotry, hatred, violence, and small-mindedness, this time, I’m with
her.”
Evan Siegfried, Republican strategist, told the New York Daily News
in early May, “I’m voting for GOP candidates in other races. But for
the good of the country, I must do the unthinkable and say, I’m with
her.”
Mark Lenzi, former
spokesman for the New Hampshire GOP, told Manchester television station
WMUR that he “wrestled with the decision for a long time” but as a
former U.S. Fulbright Scholar on NATO, he finds Trump’s views toward Europe and our NATO allies dangerous. “There is a palpable fear in these countries about him becoming president.”
Craig Snyder, Republican lobbyist with Ikon Public Affairs, wrote in an email to fellow former staffers of the late Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter,
“I’ve been a Republican since high school and certainly never thought I
would take any sort of public role in a Democratic presidential
campaign, but I never imagined Donald Trump as the Republican nominee.”
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