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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Armitage to back Clinton over Trump [View all]
Former Reagan and Bush appointee is highest-ranking Republican to break ranks for Hillary.Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush, says he will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, in one of the most dramatic signs yet that Republican national security elites are rejecting their partys presumptive nominee.
Armitage, a retired Navy officer who also served as an assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan, is thought by Clinton aides to be the highest-ranking former GOP national security official to openly support Clinton over Trump.
If Donald Trump is the nominee, I would vote for Hillary Clinton, Armitage told POLITICO in a brief interview. He doesn't appear to be a Republican, he doesn't appear to want to learn about issues. So, Im going to vote for Mrs. Clinton.
Dozens of Republican foreign policy elites have already declared their unwillingness to support or work for Trump, though far fewer say they would cast a ballot for Clinton. The latter group includes Max Boot, a prominent neoconservative military analyst and historian; Mark Salter, former longtime chief of staff to Republican Sen. John McCain; and retired Army Col. Peter Mansour, a former top aide to retired Gen. David Petraeus.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/richard-armitage-endorses-clinton-224431
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Who you talking to me? :) lighten up, she will win in a landslide. And everyone will get what they
insta8er
Jun 2016
#2
Meanwhile I am trying to figure out the point you are trying to make, but you can't seem to
insta8er
Jun 2016
#11
No I don't think I used the "sarcasm" emoticon, so why should this be sarcasm? the endorsements are
insta8er
Jun 2016
#16
Totally agree, I appreciate every vote for Hillary, it will be a great day when Trump gets
Thinkingabout
Jun 2016
#27
There is little doubt that these republicans are putting country before party. When a
still_one
Jun 2016
#30