"He wasn't my choice, but he's better than Hillary"

[Stinky The Clown]

"I simply cannot allow Hillary to become president"

"Look, he isn't my first choice or my last choice. But I have to back him because the alternative is Hillary"

And so forth. A great many GoPeers are saying such things these days. No matter what you ask them about the shitspew coming from Trump, they stop short of defending it and go into their dance about why the "just have to vote for Trump."

Tell ya what, folks. You back him, no matter how you dissemble and wiggle and squirm, and you OWN him. You show yourself to be bigots, xenophobes, racists, misogynists, and bullies.

[radical noodle]

1. And they care more about party than country n/t

[Hekate]

3. That's too easy a slogan. They've swallowed 25 years of propaganda from the VRWC...

.... and the VRWC really exists.

[Hekate]

2. Trump -- is a litmus test of character

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[MADem]

4. A lot are saying they won't vote for him, though, too.

And that is unusual.

Usually, even if they hate 'em, they fake it. The vaunted GOP unity is fraying, terribly.

[Egnever]

19. Whole lot of them

[MohRokTah]

5. I have unfriended a dozen people on Facebook

I refuse to have anything to do with racist fascists, and you cannot support Trump and not be a racist fascist.

[sarae]

32. ^THIS^

I've heard people argue that you can't assume that a Trump voter is racist, sexist, etc. BULLSHIT. They have a choice not to vote for the racist, but they're going to anyway?!

If someone can vote for this POS, after all the vile, disgusting, bigoted things he's said and done, what am I supposed to call them? They're voting for someone who wants to BAN Muslims, someone who calls black people LAZY, and Mexicans RAPISTS and criminals. I can think of a lot of names for Trump voters, but none of them are good.

[dawg]

6. Hope this isn't some kind of violation, but I'd consider pushing Gary Johnson on them.

If we have no chance at all to get their vote, why not try to convince them to throw it away on a third-party bid?

[LiberalFighter]

17. Even that would be bad.

If you have to. Find out who is running in your state that is not on the national playing field and push that person them.

[MichiganVote]

7. I predict that if Trump is elected, he will be impeached w/in 2 years.

[niyad]

8. other countries may have other ideas, since he is a menace to the whole world.

[MichiganVote]

10. Well since Russia feels free to interfere in our elections, wouldn't surprise me

at all if/when other countries get ideas as well.

[sufrommich]

11. I predict 2 years is plenty of time to destroy this country and

our reputation around the world.

[MichiganVote]

13. He's already started on that. Even the campaign is a time to undo his damage as fast

as he says what he says. Bloomberg is right on the money-he has mental health issues. To say that he is narcissistic only scratches the service.

[sufrommich]

9. I have a very religious anti choice cousin who votes republican

in every election,she posted on Facebook this morning that she's sitting this one out. Hopefully,there's many more like her.

[rufus dog]

12. And the group I hear this most from...

Evangelical Christians! I have to bite my tongue each time because I want to say, "you should switch to Catholicism and go to church everyday because obviously this once or twice a week thing isn't working out for you."

[world wide wally]

14. As they walk off singing "if I only had a brain"

[Arkansas Granny]

15. Several well known Republicans have come out to support Hillary.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/30/heres-the-growing-list-of-big-name-republicans-supporting-hillary-clinton/

[mountain grammy]

22. Too bad they remained silent while their party went off the rails

and refused to recognize the legitimately elected president of the US.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. That's very true.

[Cha]

16. Many reports from repubs are also saying.. they'll back Hillary..

"they're democrats now"!

[phylny]

24. I think that would make a great commercial:

"Come, join us and we'll become even greater together!"

Highlight the many, many things we have in common and our common goals.

[kentuck]

18. "He may be a racist, a pathological liar, a narcissistic, arrogant bully but....

...at least, he's a Republican." And anybody is better than Hillary. Even if he is found to have murdered someone, that will not change their minds.

[mountain grammy]

20. Yep, seeing the same thing, and I answer every one of them.

Trump is a racist, Hillary Clinton is not a racist. There's so much more, but that's simple and true. If you support Trump you're either a racist or have no problem with racism. Own it!

[Liberal In Red State]

21. AMEN! This is the battle line . . . a line drawn in the sand . . . Either you stand for sane

political discourse . . . Disagreements on issues that encompass all . . . Or you stand with the bullied, name callers, racists. This is not the election for trying to correct a broken system. We need to legitimately vote the GOP out all up and down the ticket in every city, every state of the Union. We need to capitalize on this opportunity to vote in candidates that will help support the gains we have made and move the country forward on others!

[cry baby]

25. We need to make sure trumpism sticks on the gop forever! nt

[RoyJ13]

26. This is par for the course for Repub morons

All they care about is themselves. They don't care if we end up starting WW3, as long as Hillary doesn't get elected. I've pretty much cut off contact with every friend I know who is voting for the Donald. Their ideas go against the very institution of democracy.

[uppityperson]

35. Welcome to DU. +1, I agree, they are truly awful, obnoxious, frighteningly horrible, etc

[Fresh_Start]

27. That should be challenged every time it is said..

it what area precisely is he better than Hillary?

The 'better than Hillary' is an emotional response rather than a rationale response.
There are studies which show that people can be walked back from an emotional response if they have to answer questions.
It actually doesn't even matter what the answer they give are...the fact that they begin to think about it, can break through the blind emotional response.
Maybe not instantly..but over time.

[Ilsa]

28. I don't think they even know why they oppose her.

I haven't heard any reason not to trust her. The last thing I heard was "she gets away with stuff", but geez, so does pretty much every one in government. And gowdy got away with spending $7-9million on nothing but harassment.

I suspect that everything they dislike about her directly related to a RW smear.

[Sadie5]

29. I'm not sure

why Trump chose that nobody Pence to run with him but I am sure of one thing, Pence will be finished politically and can never damage Indiana again. Pence is the most hated person in the state due to his underhanded tricks. He has demolished education and has proven himself to be racist. Pence is done!

[prarie deem]

30. Well we can rail against them

here but that just gives us a place to vent. Any ideas what we can do to move them? I am becoming really afraid. My neighbor is a smart guy - well educated - has a nice life having had a good job over the years, no layoffs, a lovely home, a well funded retirement and healthy children who are college educated and off on their own.

He told me last night she was going to take his guns. I actually showed him the part of her speech where she said "I don't want to take your guns away". He dismissed it with the statement "well after she is in office she will change her mind and take the guns".

How in the name of all that is holy do you persuade someone like this? It is like they are saying "this is the truth" and then you say "no it isn't and here are the facts that prove it is not" and they say - "well ok but it will be the truth later" Christ on a Cracker - how do you get someone like this to face the facts about Trump?

My frustration level is off the charts. I swear God could appear with a video of him killing and eating a baby and they would shrug it off.

[vi5]

31. Gary Johnson is polling at 10%

There are obviously a lot of GOP/right leaning folks who aren't supporting Trump if Johnson is getting that chunk of the vote.

That also means we should be worried that if Johnson weren't in the race there's the very numerically real possibility that our candidate would be getting roundly trounced by an idiot, orange hued, racist, failed businessman and reality tv start with zero government experience.

[oberliner]

34. Mitt Romney is rumored to be considering endorsing him

That would put Utah in play!

[oberliner]

33. Maybe talk up Darrell Castle

Or Gary Johnson.

[The Second Stone]

36. Hillary Clinton has got this. Relax, contact your local party and

get to registering likely Democratic voters people. This is an opportunity that we cannot afford to sit by idly while it floats by. Trump is the least likely and able candidate ever to secure a major nomination. He will not win. If you want to punish the Republicans for nominating him, and if you want to do good things for your country, getting out the vote is your job. Get the vote out for the Democratic ticket up and down the ballot.

This is the time. This is the time. There will never be another opportunity and challenge like this. Now.

[spanone]

37. the media and republicans have done one hell of a job vilifying Ms. Clinton.

fuck them

[Skittles]

38. that's why a Hillary win would be SO delicious