Non-Trump Republicans

[Boatrocker]

You don't think that "half of the most committed evangelical Christians" supported Carson or Cruz over Trump?

No. Even Cruz and Carson weren't coarse enough for the batshit crazy. My disbelief is admittedly anecdotal; every single evangelical I know has been enamored of the trumphole since he started talking shit last summer. trump has- in their little minds- made it okay to release their inner racist, wealth-worshipping, woman-hating, homo-hating, gun-loving asswipe.

[Vrede too]

I can't claim much personal knowledge. I'm still depressed that one of my co-nurses was supporting Cruz. Because of similar experiences I mostly avoid talking politics at work. Otherwise, I don't run into that many evangelicals . . . that I know of.

[Vrede too]

Donald Trump Makes History With Zero Major Newspaper Endorsements

Business leaders call Trump bad for economy in new letter

A dozen big-name business leaders, including lifelong Republicans and independents, say they won't support real estate mogul Donald Trump for president. They say he would be bad for the economy, and they question how successful he's been as a businessman....

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump:

- Less than a majority of evangelicals
- Vermont Lt. Gov. and candidate for Gov., Phil Scott
- Charles and David Koch
- Harvard University’s Republican Club
- Princeton College Republicans
- George Washington University (my birth place, represent!) College Republicans
- over three thousand signatories to a Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (Trump’s alma mater) student letter
- Colin Powell
- Dallas Morning News. Historically, the Morning News has tilted conservative, mirroring Texas' drift to the Republican Party. It has not endorsed a Democrat for president since Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.
- Jacob Monty, an attorney based in Houston, resigned from the Republican candidate’s National Hispanic Advisory Council
- Alfonso Aguilar, the president of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles
- Maybe half of Trump’s Hispanic advisory board
- Massey Villarreal, a businessman in Houston
- Some of Public Faith
- Regina Thomson, Colorado Republican activist
- Free the Delegates
- NOVA Digital Films, a Virginia-based firm that lists a slew of conservative candidates and organizations as clients, including the Republican Party of Virginia, Americans for Prosperity, the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List and former gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli
- Glenn Beck
- Barbara Bush, former first lady
- Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- William Cohen, former secretary of defense
- Jeff Flake, Arizona senator
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator, 2016 presidential candidate
- Larry Hogan, Maryland governor
- John Kasich, Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- Mark Kirk, Illinois senator
- Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida congresswoman
- Ben Sasse, Nebraska senator
- Mike Coffman, Republican congresswoman
- Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania congresswoman
- Vin Weber, former congresswoman, current GOP lobbyist
- Wadi Gaitan, prominent Latino official and chief spokesman for the Republican party in Florida
- Maine Senator Susan Collins (adjacent NH is a swing state)
- Kori Schake, served on President George W. Bush’s National Security Council and was an adviser to Arizona Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign
- Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, almost
- Joe Scarborough
- Evan McMullin, former CIA agent and Republican Congressional staff member, running as an independent
- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the most senior member of Florida’s congressional delegation
- Rep. Carlos Curbelo
- Ana Navarro, a GOP strategist and CNN contributor
- Philip Klein, the managing editor of the Washington Examiner
- Cheri Jacobus, GOP consultant and pundit
- Steve Deace, conservative fireband radio host
- Meghan McCain, daughter of 2008 Republican nominee John McCain
- Lachlan Markay, writer for the conservative website Washington Free Beacon
- Ryan Hart, worked on Capitol Hill for several Republican congressmen
- Erick Erickson, high-profile conservative writer and frequent cable news guest
- A dozen big-name business leaders, including lifelong Republicans and independents, including:
--- Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, "center-right", libertarian, fan of Ayn Rand
--- Jack McGregor, former Pennsylvania state senator and founder of the National Hockey League team the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 30 former congresspersons including:
--- former Rep. Steve Bartlett (R-TX)
--- former Rep. Bob Bauman (R-MD)
--- former Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
--- former Rep. Jack Buechner (R-MO)
--- former Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA)
--- former Rep. Bill Clinger (R-PA)
--- former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
--- former Rep. Mickey Edwards (R-OK)
--- former Rep. Harris Fawell (R-IL)
--- former Rep. Ed Foreman (R-TX, NM)
--- former Rep. Amo Houghton, Jr. (R-NY)
--- former Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC)
--- former Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)
--- former Rep. Steve Kuykendall (R-CA)
--- former Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)
--- former Rep. Pete McCloskey (R-CA)
--- former Rep. Mike Parker (R-MS)
--- former Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)
--- former Rep. John Porter (R-IL)
--- former Rep. Claudine Schneider (R-RI)
--- former Rep. Peter Smith (R-VT)
--- former Rep. Edward Weber (R-OH)
--- former Rep. G. William Whitehurst (R-VA)
--- former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-NJ)
- 50 Republican national security experts including:
--- Michael Hayden, former CIA director (Republican)
--- John Negroponte, first director of national intelligence and later deputy secretary of state
--- Robert B Zoellick, former deputy secretary of state
--- Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security
- More than 120 prominent Republicans including three former Cabinet secretaries and six current or former members of Congress:
--- Virginia Rep. Scott Rigell
--- Wisconsin Rep. Reid Ribble
--- Former Sen. Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire
--- Former Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut
--- Former Rep. Tom Coleman of Missouri
--- Former Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota
--- Andrew Weinstein, director of media relations for the Dole/Kemp presidential campaign and deputy press secretary to then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich
--- More than 20 former RNC staffers including:
------ Mindy Finn (former RNC chief digital strategist)
------ Christine Iverson Gunderson (former RNC press secretary)
------ Virginia Hume Onufer (former RNC deputy press secretary)
------ Beth Miller (former RNC field communications division director)
------ Heather Layman (former deputy press secretary)
------ B. Jay Cooper (former RNC communications director under four chairmen)
------ Patrick Ruffini (former RNC ecampaign director)

Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton:

- 17 percent of white evangelical Protestants
- Tony Pomerleau, a prominent Republican businessman and developer in Burlington, Vermont
- David Durenberger, Minnesota senator
- Constance A. Morella, Maryland congresswoman
- John J.H. Schwarz, Michigan congressman
- David Irvine, retired brigadier general and former Davis County, Utah, Republican Party chair
- John Warner, five-time Virginia senator, former Secretary of the Navy and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services
- The Arizona Republic newspaper, the first time it has supported a Democrat since its founding in 1890.
- The Houston Chronicle, conservative-leaning newspaper
- The Cincinnati Enquirer, conservative-leaning newspaper, a nearly century-long tradition of backing Republicans
- San Diego Union-Tribune, which hadn’t endorsed a Democratic nominee in its 148-year history
- Michael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security, led the Whitewater investigation against Clinton
- Jack Pitney, professor of government at California’s Claremont McKenna College, "This is the first election where I’m not voting Republican.”
- Larry Pressler, former governor and senator from South Dakota
- Arne Carlson, former Minnesota governor
- Mike Fernandez, billionaire health-care magnate, major Republican donor from Florida and former Jeb Bush supporter
- George H.W. Bush
- Paul Wolfowitz, former deputy defence secretary, advisor to President George W. Bush
- Ricardo Reyes, former Deputy Assistant USTR for Public and Media Affairs, Media Surrogate for Bush/Cheney Presidential Campaign
- Charles Dunne, former Foreign Policy Adviser, former Director for Iraq, National Security Council
- Robert Manning, former Member of the Secretary of State's Office of Policy Planning
- Jennifer Sarver, former Bush Administration Official, former GOP Senate Staffer, former RNC Professional Volunteer
- Jim Magill, Chief Master Sergeant (ret.), US Air Force
- Mario Mangiameli, Captain US Marine Corps (Ret.) and former Counterterrorism & Law Enforcement Policy Advisor, US Department of Homeland Security
- Charles Badger, former Director of Coalitions for Jeb Bush 2016, former Director of Legislative Affairs (NJ-Department of Community Affairs, Christie Administration), former Hill staff
- David Meyers, former White House Assistant Staff Secretary and former Communications Advisor for the Senate Republican Leadership
- David Nierenberg, former Mitt Romney national finance chair
- Charles Fried, former Solicitor General
- Richard Painter, former Chief White House Ethics Lawyer
- Donna Barbisch, Major General (ret.) and former Director of Chemical and Biological Defense Program Integration
- Ken Adelman, former US Ambassador to the United Nations and former Arms Control Director
- Kurt Bardella, former advisor to Darrell Issa (R-CA) and former spokesman for Breitbart News
- Elizabeth Tamposi, former Assistant Secretary of State and former New Hampshire State Legislator
- Niki Christoff, former member of the policy staff of John McCain 2008
- James Clad, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia
- Patrick Cronin, former Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination, USAID
- James Filippatos, former Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, Federal Aviation Administration
- Jana Chapman Gates, former speechwriter, US Department of the Treasury
- Jean Geran, former member of the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning
- Justin Kintz, former Special Assistant External Affairs, US Department of the Interior
- Frank Lavin, former White House Political Director, former US Ambassador to Singapore, former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
- Phil Levy, former member of the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning
- Peter Mansoor, Colonel, US Army (Ret.)
- Todd Moss, former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, US Department of State
- Andrew Sagor, former Special Assistant to the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
- John Stubbs, former Senior Advisor USTR
- Colin Tooze, former Member of the Office of Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA)
- Dan Twining, former Member of the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning
- John Veroneau, former Deputy USTR, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Davis White, former Member of the White House Office of Public Liaison
- James Glassman, served as the under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the George W. Bush administration, voted for every Republican nominee for president since 1980
- Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state
- Hank Paulson, former treasury secretary
- Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser
- Richard Hanna, New York congressman
- Meg Whitman, Republican finance official
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois congressman
- Sally Bradshaw, GOP strategist
- Maria Comella, Chris Christie staffer
- Lezlee Westine, former aide to President George W Bush
- Carlos Gutierrez, the U.S. secretary of commerce under President George W. Bush, one of the highest-ranking Latino office holders ever, former chief executive officer of the Kellogg Company
- conservative billionaire businessman and Gov. Jeb Bush backer Mike Fernandez
- Cindy Guerra, the former chair of Broward County, Florida’s Republican Executive Committee
- Ben Howe, contributing editor at conservative website Red State
- Mike Treiser, former staffer on Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign
- Mark Salter, former strategist for John McCain
- Joseph Shonkwiler, former Republican Senate staffer
- Some of the more than 120 prominent Republicans cited above
- Some of the 50 Republican national security experts cited above
- Some of Public Faith cited above
- Some of the con Hispanics cited above
- Some of the College Republicans cited above
- Some of the seventy-five former ambassadors voting for Hillary, including 57 appointed by Republican presidents, are Republicans
- Some of the 110 retired military officials voting for Hillary are Republicans
- Some of the 30 former congresspersons cited above
- Some of the dozen big-name business leaders cited above are Republicans

[JTA]

This only proves that Trump is a maverick candidate that the establishment is trying to crush.

Checkmate atheists.

[Vrede too]

This only proves that Trump is a maverick candidate that the establishment is trying to crush.

Checkmate atheists.

You jest, but many people sincerely say essentially the same thing when I post this elsewhere.

[JTA]

He's like an evil creature in a children's fable.

Hating him only makes his powers grow stronger.

[Vrede too]

Funny you should say that.

How Donald Trump Wins Even When He Loses
After the past disastrous week, he can’t win. But he’s already made all of us losers, and we’ve been accessories to his crimes.

Your version was more succinct.

[Vrede too]

This only proves that Trump is a maverick candidate that the establishment is trying to crush.

Checkmate atheists.

You jest, but many people sincerely say essentially the same thing when I post this elsewhere.

They are entitled to their vote so am I. They are bad losers when the candidates they wanted didn't win they took it out on the winner. They lack team spirit and God bless them if they hope to run for office.

who cares blah blah blah. Americans who have half a brain want a change in the current corruption ill take my chances with Trump not the professional lier that's never worked a real job and has proven consistently that she can't do anything right she didn't know a privet server in her basement was wrong that destroying court ordered emails was wrong she can't possible be that stupid so lets put her in the white house I guess those who vote for her are the stupid uninformed voters

Dang.... Do you ever go out of your parent's basement? i mean.. how in God's name you got all these Wanna Bee's all together?!? maybe watch CNN or CNBC 24/7? hahaha i feel for yah (whoever u are Vrede) what a waste of Human Life! I'm not an Trump supporter here.. but COMMON SENSE THOUGH... Would you vote for a Candidate that since the 1st day she worked as a Gov't. Official.. SHE LIED TO YOU UNTIL NOW.. Look at the hacked info from the democratic party, hacked on her personal email account.. Common Y'all REALLY?!? If i decide to vote this nov. (IF I WILL VOTE) i'd rather take my chances to DONALD TRUMP.. atleast i know what's up by following him on his real twitter account..It doesn't matter if you have the highest degree in this damn world but once you decide to vote for Hillary it just made you IGNORANT and A FOOL.. A Fool for a Very long time that has/had been blinded by people that got FAT from the MONEY of EVERY SINGLE AMERICANS! SHAME ON Y'all!

Each of the people you mentioned has only one vote. Some of them have personal vendetta against Trump, so they don't count. 150 million Americans will decide this election in favor of a change for our Country.

If trump wins, our Country wins, if Hillary wins, our Country will lose.

This one is not necessarily a Trumpette:

dude too long

I'm sure that's what Trump and his Trumpettes say, too, Matthew.

[Vrede too]

Not just the usual locker room rating, dreaming, etc., but also describing in detail his own crude behavior. Arguably not worse than the many other foul things he's said, but apparently the final straw for many. We'll see, there may not be a point to adding to this topic anymore. However, that suggests a new one:
http://www.blueridgedebate.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2467

[Vrede too]

You don't think that "half of the most committed evangelical Christians" supported Carson or Cruz over Trump?

No. Even Cruz and Carson weren't coarse enough for the batshit crazy. My disbelief is admittedly anecdotal; every single evangelical I know has been enamored of the trumphole since he started talking shit last summer. trump has- in their little minds- made it okay to release their inner racist, wealth-worshipping, woman-hating, homo-hating, gun-loving asswipe.

Supporting your case is:

Top Evangelicals Stand By Trump Despite His Vulgar Comments About Sleeping With Married Woman
Ralph Reed and Tony Perkins say they don’t care about Trump’s latest controversy.

[billy.pilgrim]

You don't think that "half of the most committed evangelical Christians" supported Carson or Cruz over Trump?

No. Even Cruz and Carson weren't coarse enough for the batshit crazy. My disbelief is admittedly anecdotal; every single evangelical I know has been enamored of the trumphole since he started talking shit last summer. trump has- in their little minds- made it okay to release their inner racist, wealth-worshipping, woman-hating, homo-hating, gun-loving asswipe.

Supporting your case is:

Top Evangelicals Stand By Trump Despite His Vulgar Comments About Sleeping With Married Woman
Ralph Reed and Tony Perkins say they don’t care about Trump’s latest controversy.

especially reed and perkins. I met reed in the early 80s. Without knowing anything about him I wanted to wash my hand after shaking his.

Since then everything he has done makes me wish I had known to refuse his handshake. Maybe with some sort of comment about not wanting to touch assholes.

[Vrede too]

Melania Trump Says Husband's Words Are 'Unacceptable' and Don't Represent Man She Knows

Mike Pence Says He 'Cannot Defend' Trump's Remarks in Videotape

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump:

Melania Trump?
Mike Pence?

[rstrong]

johnmccain.com: STATEMENT FROM JOHN McCAIN WITHDRAWING SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP

“Cindy and I will not vote for Donald Trump. I have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and we will not vote for Hillary Clinton. We will write in the name of some good conservative Republican who is qualified to be President.”

Last time it was Sarah Palin.

[Vrede too]

In most (all?) states write-ins are not even tallied anymore unless it's an officially declared candidacy. The days of seeing how many votes Mickey Mouse got are over.

... Last time it was Sarah Palin.

[O Really]

He might think it's him. Whatever, any vote that would have gone to Trump is a vote for Hillary. Fine with me if he writes in Ted Nugent.

[rstrong]

With Dubya's presidency there was the assumption - at least early on - that he was at least surrounded by competent people. (9/11: Defence Dept. reassures Americans, "The President is not in control.")

If Trump wins, not only will he brush off competent advice, but all the folks on this list won't even be around to try.

[rstrong]

No time to merge this with our list, but...

BuzzFeed: Here’s The Long, Long, Long List Of Republicans Abandoning Trump

Trump has been spewing bigotry and misogyny for the last year, with a record going back decades. Republicans didn't have a problem with that. What's finally turned them against Trump is the idea of his hands on someone's else's (white) woman.

[JTA]

Donald Trump lacks class and character.

[Vrede too]

So, when Trump is humiliated by losing to Hillary, imagine how humiliated the candidates will be that lost to Trump.

This hurts other GOP candidates so many ways this year:
Some Republicans will be disgusted with the pols sticking with Trump.
Some Republicans will be disgusted with the pols that stuck with Trump so long.
All Trumpette Republicans will be disgusted with the pols that have ditched Trump.
Lots of these will be disgusted with the GOP in general.

Some of them will vote Dem, but many more will just say 'Screw it' and not vote at all. Still unlikely, but the House is now in play. Whatever the losses are - the WH, probably the Senate, maybe the House - they're all going to be blaming each other over whose fault it is for years.

[rstrong]

Or...

- Trumpsucker Republicans have been trained by Cruz and others in recent years to be disgusted with the "Republican Establishment." With no much Republican establishment not backing Trump, and Trump only able to escalate rather than admit failure, Trump and the Trumpsuckers form their own party. Cruz, Palin and all the clown car candidates and Tea Party join them.

- The adults stay with the Republican party. But adults don't get media coverage. Clowns and wingnuts do. That includes Fox News, as always getting revenue from impotent right-wing rage.

- With the vote split the Republican Party is decimated in the next election. Trump's party does better, but still doesn't win. They blame Republicans for splitting the vote. Attacks escalate.

- Remaining Republicans have no choice but to cross over to Trump's party, if they want a chance of being elected. Control of the House and Senate is dissolved completely. The last vestiges of the old Republican Party have been firmly swept away. The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station... [...] Sorry.