A GOP Rep. from New York has become the first Republican to cross party lines and endorse Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.
Richard Hanna, a three-term U.S. Congressman, said he’s been considering the move for months, but Trump’s attacks on the family of a fallen Muslim U.S. soldier were the last straw.
“While I disagree with her on many issues, I will vote for Mrs. Clinton,” Hanna writes in an op-ed for Syracuse.com. “I will be hopeful and resolute in my belief that being a good American who loves his country is far more important than parties or winning and losing. I trust she can lead. All Republicans may not like the direction, but they can live to win or lose another day with a real candidate. Our response to the public’s anger and the need to rebuild requires complex solutions, experience, knowledge and balance. Not bumper sticker slogans that pander to our disappointment, fear and hate.”
Referring to Trump as “profoundly offensive and narcissistic,” “a world-class panderer,” and “anything but a leader,” Hanna added that Trump is “unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country.”
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Calling the primary process “geared toward the party’s political base,” Hanna said it “ignores the fact that we have largely alienated women, Hispanics, the LGBT community, young voters and many others in general.”
Featured image: Stephen D. Cannerelli/scannerelli@syracuse.com
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