Subject: FW: More Conservatives Unwilling to Risk a President Donald Trump
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Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 10:21:54 -0700

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Subject: More Conservatives Unwilling to Risk a President Donald Trump

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More Conservatives Unwilling to Risk a President Donald Trump

Three days ago, Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee for president.  Since then, conservatives from across the country have been unwilling to back his divisive and dangerous candidacy, including<https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/updates/2016/05/04/conservatives-rebuke-trump-as-he-captures-republican-nomination/> nearly every living GOP nominee for president.

The list of well-known conservatives who do not support Trump keeps growing, and prominent conservatives continue to comment about how Trump as president is too big a risk for America:

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum:<https://www.buzzfeed.com/christophermassie/rick-santorum-says-hell-sit-on-the-sidelines-of-presidential?utm_term=.krvzZ3WnO3#.ptGb01dxM1> “Rick Santorum said on Wednesday that he would not endorse Donald Trump yet, saying that he would ‘sit on sidelines’ of the presidential race for the time being.”

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner:<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-donald-trump-bruce-rauner-illinois-republicans-met-0506-20160505-story.html> “Rauner aides stressed there are various levels of ‘support,’ and that the governor would not be giving Trump a formal endorsement.”

Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]:<https://twitter.com/scottwongDC/status/728590646982873088/photo/1> “Comstock… listed several reasons why she felt the billionaire businessman was not a good role model, including his derogatory remarks about women and prisoners of war, and for not immediately disavowing the Ku Klux Klan.  ‘All of these things are hugely problematic and don’t represent our party,’ she said at that time. ‘I don’t think somebody should represent my party who disrespects America’s veterans. We’re the party of Lincoln. We’re the party of Reagan.’”

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]<http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/05/mcmorris-rodgers-hesitant-on-trump-senate-challeng/>: “Count Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers among the Republican lawmakers who are hesitant about Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee….‘I would like to ask him questions about some of the statements he’s made.’  McMorris Rodgers said some of those questions would be about Trump’s statements regarding women, words she called ‘hurtful’ and ‘inappropriate’ in an interview with the New York Times in March.”

Rep. Charlie Dent [R-PA]:<http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/index.ssf/2016/05/lot_of_fence_mending_to_do_kas.html> "With the Republican nomination now secured for Donald Trump, he has a great deal of work to do to convince many Americans, myself included, that he is prepared and able to lead this great nation."

Joe Straus, Texas House Speaker:<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/06/trump-joe-straus-echoes-paul-ryan/> “I thought the speaker of the U.S. House had some interesting comments yesterday," Straus told The Texas Tribune on Friday when asked if he planned to back Trump.  Pressed on whether he was agreeing with Ryan, Straus replied, "I will just say that I thought his comments were well-thought out and made a lot of sense to me."

Vermont Lt. Governor Phil Scott:<http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2016/05/04/scott-says-he-wont-vote-for-trump-lisman-not-so-sure?link_id=15&can_id=1ed040a8d87020cde84bf53695921b56&source=email-morning-digest-this-millionaire-congressional-candidate-might-run-in-a-primary-with-just-7-voters&email_referrer=morning-digest-this-millionaire-congressional-candidate-might-run-in-a-primary-with-just-7-voters&email_subject=morning-digest-this-millionaire-congressional-candidate-might-run-in-a-primary-with-just-7-voters> “I cannot vote for Donald Trump,” Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican candidate for governor, said Wednesday during a break from presiding over the Senate. Scott has condemned Trump throughout the presidential campaign, once referring to him as “offensive.”

Former Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]:<https://twitter.com/bobinglis/status/728335699615752192> “@bobinglis: Very proud of Speaker Ryan: Paul Ryan Says He Cannot Support Donald Trump for Now”

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin<http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article75864147.html>: "Even though Donald Trump cleared the Republican presidential field after his victory Tuesday in Indiana and became the presumptive GOP nominee, Bevin, a Republican, said Thursday that it would be a mistake to endorse anyone yet."

Rep. John Katko [R-NY]<http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/05/rep_john_katko_donald_trump_has_to_earn_my_vote.html>: “Any candidate has to earn my vote, including Donald Trump. He has a lot of work to do in that regard. I'm concerned with some of the comments he's made, and with the general tone that he's taken."

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference:<http://fxn.ws/1Ogh0ca> "To date Donald Trump's comments about immigration have been inflammatory, impractical and unhelpful," Rodriguez said in a statement. "Now that he is the presumptive nominee, we call upon him to immediately stop rhetorical commentary he has previously used that discredits groups, including Latino immigrants."

Eleanor May, former Rand Paul presidential campaign Press Secretary<http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/i_may_not_like_hillary_clinton.html>: "I can't vote for Donald Trump [...] and I fear that by nominating Donald Trump the GOP will forever lose the youth vote."

Doug Elmets, former press staffer in the Reagan White House:<http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dan-morain/article75685952.html> “It’s a bitter pill, but supporting Hillary Clinton is a much better alternative to the xenophobic Donald Trump,” Elmets wrote.

Mac Stipanovich, former Chief of Staff to Gov. Bob Martinez:<http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/04/mac-stipanovich-open-letter-my-fellow-republicans/32600059/> “On a personal level, Trump is a boor, a bully, a carnival barker and an embarrassment. Politically, by intent or instinct, he is a neo-fascist… He appeals to our fears, preys on our anxieties and exploits our ignorance. A worse candidate to sit in the Oval Office for the next four years cannot be imagined.”

Andy Card, former White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush:<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278994-ex-bush-chief-of-staff-trump-scares-me> "When he started to gain traction, I became a cynic. I wasn’t sure he could make it. I was saying, ‘sane people will recognize this is not going to happen.’ Well, it happened. He scared me.”

Mitt Romney:<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/mitt-romney-donald-trump-222881> Politico: “Add Mitt Romney to the list of Republicans who won’t support Donald Trump as the presumptive party nominee… The former Massachusetts governor said he is ‘dismayed at where we are now’ and wishes Americans had ‘better choices.’”

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