Subject: More Conservatives Unwilling to Risk a President Donald Trump
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Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 13:18:03 -0400
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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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For Immediate Release, May 6, 2016
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