More than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers endorse Harris - CBS News
By: Caitlin Yilek (CBSPolitics)
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By Caitlin Yilek
August 26, 2024 / 5:28 PM EDT / CBS News
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Washington — More than 200 Republicans who worked for former President George H.W. Bush, former President George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Mitt Romney endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, saying democracy would be "irreparably jeopardized" by another Trump administration.
"We have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz. That's to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable," said the letter, which was first reported by USA Today.
The group, which put out a similar letter in 2020, said another four years of former President Donald Trump's "chaotic leadership" would "hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions."
They urged moderate Republicans and independents in battleground states who helped elect President Biden "to take a brave stand once more."
The announcement follows speeches from several Republicans at last week's Democratic National Convention, in which they excoriated Trump's leadership and personality.
Stephanie Grisham, who was one of Trump's press secretaries and a top aide to Melania Trump, said Harris "has my vote." Grisham said Trump has "no empathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth." She said Trump calls his supporters "basement dwellers" behind closed doors.
Olivia Troye, who served as an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, said Trump wants to sow doubt and division "because it's the only way he wins."
"You're not voting for a Democrat. You're voting for democracy," Troye said. "You're not betraying our party. You're standing up for our country."
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger called Trump "a weak man pretending to be strong" and said his "only purpose is himself." Of Harris, he said, she "shares my allegiance to the rule of law, the Constitution, and democracy," and "whatever policies we disagree on pale in comparison with those fundamental matters of principle, of decency, of fidelity to this nation."
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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This is likely only the beginning.
That's awesome. The sane world has had enough of trump.
Establishment pricks would rather have the country go down the shitter than lose what little control they have left.
Unfortunately they are as stupid as they are corrupt.
Democrats are working towards one party rule. They had better work on their resumes if Harris wins.
No.
What they are working towards is the rule of law. Donald Trump showed that he had zero respect for the law or anything that comes from it on January 6th , 2020.
I don't need to see any more to convince me that he should never be let near elected office again. Fuck Donald Trump in any way you can.
If I never-ever-never looked upon Donald's face again it would be a blessing. Indeed, once he is gone from the public stage. . . I will never seek him out again.
jan 6, 2021, that is
People are lining up to WARN this nation about reelecting Donald (Mothball) Trump. WTH won't the masses listen? It's time to mock the Mockers!
Give us your best mock.
VoteVets
What LYING VETERANS in congress. What the hell ? Mock the Mockers.
First, that wasn't your mock.
Second, what were the referenced lies?
Trump-led attack on Walz’s military record includes vets with their own false claims
The group, VoteVets, said 29 of the 50 lawmakers who signed the letter targeting Walz came “from Republicans who falsely claim they retired from military service .” The group later revised the number to 28 .
A military retiree is defined as someone who has accrued at least 20 years of service. Troops can also medically retire for service-connected ailments.
The letter also included at least two GOP congressmen — Reps. Ronny Jackson and Troy E. Nehls, both from Texas — who have faced scrutiny over their own military records, including how they have portrayed their service.
The revised letter removed the veterans’ titles and all references to retirement, instead only listing the branch of the military in which they served. Trump’s campaign attributed the correction to “a copy edit mistake made by a staffer.”
CB: It is pretty damn messed up when a set of 50 lawmakers (who want others to follow their LEAD ership) sign a letter found to be 56 percent a lie itself! Leading to questions about their soundness . This is the point according to Vote Vets!
The thing speaks for itself!
Don't tell me that you are now mocking the people who are actually mocking the mockers?
What does this have to do with Walz?
Do you have a copy of the document?
"What I hear there from Donald Trump are the words of a coward," the former U.S. Navy captain turned lawmaker said during an interview on MSNBC 's Morning Joe in response to comments Trump made on August 16 at a campaign event in New Jersey.
I agree.
Yes, his comments on the MoH were asinine.
Now, if I was to MOCK Donald I would call him out as: 'CROOKED DONALD.'
If? Do you feel constrained here?
....and continuously moving the goalposts as well
Link?
Are you confused? Harris is actually a Democrat-- so why do you think Democrats would be upset if Harris wins?
(Something is not right here...Pehaps a genuine faux pas pretending to be... something else?)
It's about damn time we get some help from GOPers to help them save their damn party. . .before "we" have to bury it and forget it! (Which would actually be a waste of a 'perfectly' good party, btw.) Donald (Mothball) and his losers have got to go!
Are you implying that Donald is behind "The Eight Ball"?
(Let's not over-mock this!)
I am mocking the Mocker of mature elderly people when Donald's butt is 78 years old and running for the office of president where should he win he will be leave the office in his Eighties! "Mothball" is the oldest candidate for president in the 2024 presidential campaign season.
VoteVets
We've seen incredible turnouts, and Veterans are fired up and ready to VOTE BLUE!!