Former GOP leader in Connecticut resigns from party: 'I blame President Trump'

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

Michael London, a former member of the Trumbull Town Council in Connecticut, said he's resigning from the Republican Party and blamed President Trump, calling him "the worst president our country has had — ever.”

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“I blame President Trump for turning the Grand Old Party into a lame, extreme right-wing group of people unwilling or unable to see the truth. But Trump is not alone in causing my disillusionment,” he wrote.

“I have had it with the state and federal branches of the Republican Party that tolerated the president’s behavior. None of our GOP candidates for governor denounced Trump. None of the leaders of Connecticut’s GOP will speak out.”

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“He is almost dictatorial and he has severely hurt our standing in the international community. People around the globe are laughing at us,” London fumed. “His patriotism is really egotism.”

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/404559-ex-local-gop-leader-in-connecticut-resigns-from-party-i-blame

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London's op-ed in the Hartford Courant:

http://www.courant.com/opinion/insight/hc-op-insight-london-leaving-gop-20180827-story.html

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Trump is simply the worst president our country has had — ever. He is encouraging increased pollution and disavowing the need to halt climate change. He is taking credit for a strong economy when it was the previous president (like him or not) who set the current strong economy in motion. He has separated immigrant mothers and children. He has, more likely than not, supported (or participated in) collusion with an enemy.

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[mysteryowl]

1. Agreed. Well said.

[bluestarone]

2. No argument here

He's right on the money!!!!!

[wolfie001]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

What's even funnier is that it took him 1 1/2 years to come to that conclusion.

[cstanleytech]

4. My inner cynic is betting he saw the way the wind is blowing and he is preparing to try and

ride on the coattails of being a "maverick" or some other BS story for some higher elected office.

[Honeycombe8]

6. Maybe. But he didn't have to go as far as he did in his statements.

The statements sound genuine. He sounds ticked off.

He could have accomplished sucking up without going full hog and saying Trump is the worst President the country has had ever. That's very strong for a Republican. He's ticked off. Could have been the way Trump acted after McCain died.

[Honeycombe8]

5. A Republican with a spine! Quick...take a picture! I thought they became extinct w/McCain's passing

He's only a council leader, but still, at least someone is speaking out. And where there is one, there are others who think the same way.

Good for him!

[Volaris]

7. Why is there an ad at the bottom of this page that says:

'Help president Trump fight back against fake news.'???

I get that were slightly more current than how RimJob manages to upkeep (lol! ) the servers over at Freeperville,
But DU,?

REALLY LOL?

[Liberalagogo]

8. No Shithole isn't responsible for what the GOP has become

He's the end result.

You RW a-holes started up that road some 30 odd years ago, maybe longer.

But you're the "party of personal responsibility", meaning "blame everyone else but me."

[JHB]

9. Trump is the rotted support beam that made the termite infestation undeniable

You knew it was happening long before the day of reckoning, pal, but trying to fix it would have cost you, so you let it go.

[Dawson Leery]

10. Buckley and Nixon started it.

Rush and Gingrich made it fashionable.

Trump is but the result of the Southern Strategy.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. He flipped! Drumph ain't gonna like that.

Especially after getting national exposure. He'll soon be wearing the Grand Badge of Honor for having been slimed by Donny on Twitter.

..... .........

Now, if only we can get a few million more just like him to flip. Even if they just flip and go away.

[NCjack]

12. FAKE president* Trump will drive Michael London's family

and businesses into extinction.

[gay texan]

13. well aint that a bitch

Dumbass, you knew what you were getting into.

[truthisfreedom]

14. 45 has made it quite clear that he'll destroy anyone who points out that the

Emperor has no clothes.

[Cha]

15. Good sign if a repub can actually

see that. One who doesn't have his eyes glued shut anyway.

[Hortensis]

16. So agree. Trump's a pustule from underlying disease

that this man's been part of for a very long time. But he did finally denounce and reject, publicly.

[duforsure]

17. More republicans will run away from these criminals

Now in the KGOP. They can't stand the stench , and don't want to end up in prison.

[highplainsdem]

20. I hope so.

[BadgerKid]

18. GOP was heading that way already.

DT greased the wheels.

[oberliner]

19. Not exactly a "GOP leader"

Whatever that is.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Beat Me!

It took this guy this long?
That said, I'll take whatever I can get

[Maxheader]

22. So Mr. London...

With such heart felt accusations one would think
you will now campaign for the democrats?
Yes?