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Republicans for Harris

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Amiga, Aug 5, 2024.

  1. Commodore

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    It's as if you're completely unaware of what Russia did in 2016, but that can't be right. You wouldn't post in bad faith.
     
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    You mean these beautiful women are not on the trump train.....................if it weren't so mean I would post what the real maga ladies look like from the rallies, but I am not that crass, nor will I make a BJ joke about any of the maga ladies.................some of us have some class
     
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  6. Amiga

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    Harris has secured the highest number of Republican endorsements ever for a POTUS candidate. I’m confident no other candidate has received more support from the opposing party. Her endorsements include:
    • Over 200 GOP staffers
    • 16 GOP members of Congress
    • 12 GOP White House attorneys
    • 4 GOP Governors
    • 4 White House officials from the Trump administration
    • Numerous other GOP officials at the state and local levels

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign_endorsements
     
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    That’s on top of the many of Republicans who haven’t endorsed Harris but said they will not vote or otherwise support Trump. That includes several prominent Republicans including several who had served in Trump’s presidency.
    Mike Pence Trump’s VP
    Liz Cheney Former US Representative and third highest ranking House Republican
    Mark Esper Trump’s Secretary of Defense
    Jim Mattis Trump’s Secretary of Defense
    John Kelly Trump’s Chief of Staff
    Mitt Romney US Senator
    Larry Hogan Governor of Maryland
    And more.
     
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  8. Amiga

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    Right. I’m confident that no former POTUS has ever run for re-election with not only fewer endorsements from his own administration, but also the highest number of former administration officials speaking out against him.
     
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    Slight but important correction. :D
     
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    Who would have guessed that so many of the former Trump Admin people would be secret Never Trumpers!!!
     
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    Pretty sure that Trump is quite abrasive when he doesn't need someone anymore, or if someone challenges him. That is a valid concern. One wouldn't want an administration of yes men (and women) only.
     
  12. Amiga

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    Trump Voter Testimonials: Hear why these former Trump voters don’t believe he should ever hold office again. https://rvat.org/#testimonials



    Why this WA Republican is featured in a $50M pro-Kamala Harris ad campaign
    Sep. 2, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Sep. 2, 2024 at 6:00 am

    Norma Pickett says she’s been a Republican since she could vote. She backed Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.

    This year, Pickett, who lives in Carson, Skamania County, has joined a vocal splinter group of Republicans who are declaring they’ll vote for Kamala Harris for president.

    Pickett recorded a homemade testimonial for a $50 million national campaign launched by Republican Voters Against Trump, a political action committee airing ads in key swing states featuring ex-Trump supporters.

    A video including statements from Pickett and other disaffected Republicans was shown on the United Center jumbotron during the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, drawing cheers.

    For Pickett it’s all a little strange. She wasn’t watching the convention. A neighbor told her that her mother in Minnesota had seen the video.

    “Never would I ever have thought I would be voting for a Democrat president, let alone be featured at their convention,” she said.

    Pickett, 60, says she’s identified as a Republican and a conservative since she could vote at age 18. A local government employee whose late husband had once chaired the local GOP, she voted for Trump enthusiastically in 2016, brushing off controversies that surrounded him.

    “I just felt he spoke his mind,” she said. “He wasn’t a normal politician, and I was thinking ‘oh that’s just a guy talking, that’s just Trump talking,’ “

    In 2016, Pickett reposted Trump’s celebratory tweet when he officially became the Republican nominee for president: “I will work hard and never let you down. AMERICA FIRST!”

    By 2020, Pickett said she’d started to sour on Trump, citing his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, failure to fulfill promises such as building a border wall and sidling up to foreign autocrats. Still, she begrudgingly voted for him a second time.

    But Pickett said she could not support Trump after his lies about his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden prompted a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

    “That’s what finally blew it for me,” she said. “I feel his actions and his leadership style are fundamentally at odds with my core values.”

    In her video for the ad campaign, Pickett says, “I do not trust that he can do the right thing anymore after the insurrection and with how he keeps documents at his home, how he treats women, how he treats the country, and how he treats the people that work for him, how he’s treated his businesses. I cannot trust him to run our country again.”

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    Pickett said her vote is a stand against Trump’s abandonment of democratic norms, such as maintaining the rule of law and accepting the results of elections.

    “I guess I want to hold our leaders accountable, regardless of party affiliation,” she said. “I feel it’s necessary for the future of both the Republican Party and our nation.”

    She likened her stance to past political realignments, such as in the 1960s when future President Ronald Reagan left the Democratic Party, which had grown too liberal for him, and became a Republican.

    “Parties change,” Pickett said. “My party has changed to something I don’t agree with.”
     
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    So, So Weak.

    You make things up to justify the things you decided to think yesterday.
     
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    I see what you're doing here. But I know an Asian-American lady who has a thick southern accent and checks all of those boxes.
     
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    Can a Russian Bot be addressed as you?
     
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    Just more confirmation that Trump was the worst President in history. You've never seen this before.
     
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    Centrist / Center-right Republicans who just can't rid themselves of Trump, keep on rationalizing that

    " he'll be alright, if surrounded by capable / ressonable people"
    then, Trump went on to show them that he can't even select a reasonable VP
     
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    While Dick Cheney’s endorsement of Harris shows how far Trump is from traditional Republican principles if I was in the Harris campaign I’m not sure I would welcome it.

    Many of the problems that we have now including the concentration of power and lack of accountability of the President is due to Dick Cheney.
     
  20. Amiga

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    Still, has there ever been a former vice president voting for a president from the opposite political party? The answer is no. This would be the first time in U.S. history that a former VP publicly supports and votes for a candidate from the opposing party, and the reason for that is because Trump is a danger to the Constitution (it's not about policies).
     

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