Posted on 08/04/2016 11:45:21 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Several Republican lawmakers have expressed doubt as to whether they will cast a ballot for Donald Trump in November, but House Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) is the first to say he will be voting for Hillary Clinton instead.
Hanna, a member of the LGBT Equality Caucus, has a history of supporting gay marriage, opposing cuts to Planned Parenthood, and encouraging women to donate to Democrats. In other words, he’s a liberal in Republican clothing. Still, his denouncement of Trump is likely to give the mainstream media plenty to crow about over the next couple of days.
Hanna came out for Hillary in an op-ed published in a Syracuse newspaper this week. In the article, he said Trump was “profoundly offensive and narcissistic but as much as anything, a world-class panderer, anything but a leader.”
“I do not expect perfection,” the congressman wrote, “but I do require more than the embodiment of at least a short list of the seven deadly sins.”
Hanna said that while he disagreed with Clinton on several issues, those disagreements would not keep him from supporting her candidacy.
“Secretary Clinton has issues that depending on where one stands can be viewed as great or small,” he wrote. “But she stands and has stood for causes bigger than herself for a lifetime. That matters. Mrs. Clinton has promoted many of the issues I have been committed to over the years including expanding education and supporting women’s health care.”
Seeing the course of this election as it has played out thus far, Hanna will probably not be the last Republican in Congress to come out in favor of Hillary Clinton. Hopefully, though, this will not be a significant trend. Hopefully, Republican establishment leaders will not miss the stark message they received from the voters in the primaries; the message that says, in no uncertain terms: STOP GIVING IN TO THE DEMOCRATS AND START LISTENING TO YOUR CONSERVATIVE BASE!
If not, this election is going to have deeper ramifications for the GOP than who gets control of the White House. For many voters, 2016 is the last attempt to rescue this party from the clutches of RINOs who care more about their cushy country club than the will of the American people. If the establishment rigs this thing against their own nominee, there will be hell to pay.
He's from New York and he's gay. So what else is new? I would not have expected his support to go in any other direction. He's just a Rino with an flighty flair. This fruitcake should be careful and avoid one night stands and homosexual nite spots. The person he picks up might just be a Muslim. He might just lose his head over this one nite stand.
Well, then why in the hell was he pretending to be Republican. He's nothing more than a RINO homosexual corrupting the Republican Party. Is this a surprise to anyone?
Nuke the log cabin.
Just another “separating the goats from the sheep” moment. One thing about this election, it is bringing out the “true self” information that unfortunately wasn’t available to the voters during many of the primary races across the country.
They should put their logs away, zip up their trousers and trundle off to the nearest Democrat headquarters. That’s where they belong. They might not be happy there as many Muslims are Democrats and they saw what happened to them in Orlando.
time to order a bigger tent.
NeverTrumpers are in good company.
I hope that does happen to him.
After the Reagan Revolution AND the Limbaugh Caucus EVERYONE was pretending to be proud conservatives- especially Democrats.
In fact, to this day the only people shouting from the rooftops their conservatism is usually lying liberals, most of the girlie-men posing as republicans are bullied into denouncing evil conservatives and how they “reach across the aisle” (so they can be called ‘maverick’ like a movie and feel like a hero)
In this election Trump is flushing them out like pheasants in a cornfield.
Well, in all fairness, he’s a New Yawk “republican”. He would be voting for the Clintoon Crime Family syndicate if Clintoon was running against George Washington.
Does the Republican party have any kind of power to kick this dipshit out of the party?
We will remember. We will not forget the traitors. Heck if you are going to vote for the enemy, then make clean cut and join the Democrat party and don’t let the door hit you on the way out,
Why does this guy claim to be a Republican?
More New York Values on display.
Don't like people trashing "New York Values"? Quit voting for leftist queers!
He is also, IIRC, not running for re-election.
Would that make him a RINO-sexual?
There! Fixed it.
~ “I do not expect perfection,” the congressman wrote, “but I do require more than the embodiment of at least a short list of the seven deadly sins.” ~
I don’t think this queer abortionist should be lecturing anybody about the Seven Deadly Sins...
You are going to get what’s coming, FagBoy!
I live in NYC and you’re right. I’d expect thsi from a new york rep.
I just dont like when it pops up from reliable states.
Romney and Ryan and McCain ain’t from NY.
This election, Trump will get help from Rudy, Christie, Newt and a few others, the rest of the support is US!
We better do everything we can.
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