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Anti-Trump Republicans confront a dilemma: Are they ready to help elect Clinton?
MSN News ^ | May 04, 2016 | Sean Sullivan, Katie Zezima

Posted on 05/04/2016 5:20:07 AM PDT by detective

Anti-Donald Trump Republicans are starting to consider whether their opposition to a Trump presidency is so strong that they would be prepared to fight him in the general election — even if that means helping put an avowed enemy, Hillary Clinton, in the Oval Office.

One strategy under discussion is to focus on helping down-ballot GOP candidates while sitting out the presidential race under the belief that Trump will lose to Clinton no matter what. A more drastic and difficult option: rallying support for a third-party candidate who could uphold traditional Republican positions but would almost certainly steal votes from Trump.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; trump; uniparty
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To: kara37

Even if you don’t make a choice, that’s a choice.


61 posted on 05/04/2016 6:21:00 AM PDT by Pietro
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To: babble-on

Deja vu - Romney. Romney was the party’s fair haired one and many of us voted for him not because we liked him but because we didn’t want Obama to win. Well now the table is turned and let’s see if the GOPe do the same.


62 posted on 05/04/2016 6:21:04 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: hillarys cankles

I am convinced those that are voting for Hillary are for open borders, mass illegal immigration. Likely desperate to keep their slave labor. I understand now why little to nothing has been done to secure the border and deport illegals flooding this country.


63 posted on 05/04/2016 6:22:45 AM PDT by Tammy8
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To: kara37

You are proving to be a morally repugnant person. Who the hell are you anyway Mizz High and Mighty?


64 posted on 05/04/2016 6:24:15 AM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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To: Tammy8
"I think I see more clearly what has been wrong for a long time."

Indeed, indeed.

65 posted on 05/04/2016 6:27:00 AM PDT by Pietro
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To: mkjessup
BOOM!! 💪😎
66 posted on 05/04/2016 6:27:45 AM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ripnbang

Well, the pick 6 and slot machines have never given interviews, announcing they were jackpot winners. Trump has said he identifies as a Democrat. Find that amazing?


67 posted on 05/04/2016 6:30:40 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: detective

I view it as a form of psychosis.


68 posted on 05/04/2016 6:32:13 AM PDT by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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To: detective

Remember this. That this very same way of thinking got us eight long years of Barack Hussein Obama. Be careful what you wish for.


69 posted on 05/04/2016 6:34:02 AM PDT by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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To: detective

Anti-Trump Ben Shapiro says that he has been ‘debating’ Dennis Prager, who said he would vote Trump in November.


70 posted on 05/04/2016 6:41:44 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: TexasGunLover

I guess you aren’t that much of a gun lover. You choose the candidate who wants to emulate Australia’s gun ban over a staunchly pro 2A Trump? And don’t hand me that crap about Trump supporting the AWB 17 years ago. So did G.W. Bush and John Ashcroft. I suggest you go by what people tell you they want to do, because usually it’s true.


71 posted on 05/04/2016 6:45:28 AM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: hillarys cankles
She will destroy us, LITERALLY! And you will have a hand in support of that. And a lot here will remind you forever. Congratulations. ******************************************

Sorry, if Hillary gets elected, you had a hand in that, not me.

You saw the same polls I did. You saw that he gets killed with woman, Hispanics, and young voters You saw that somewhere between 35% to 45% of republicans voters said they would never vote for him. You saw the never Trump movement, but fought to get him nominated anyway.

Now, you want to blame us when he loses. I don't think so.

You sure didn't need us to get Trump nominated, so you don't need us now. In fact, all I kept hearing was that Trump will win with cross over voters. Lets see if you are correct. .

72 posted on 05/04/2016 7:00:14 AM PDT by kara37
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To: detective


73 posted on 05/04/2016 7:03:40 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: dila813
Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!

Shameful, really. The biggest problem is that ignorant people will get to reap the benefits of a Trump administration just as much as those of us who have fought for him.

74 posted on 05/04/2016 7:19:04 AM PDT by dware (I don't care what bathroom they use, as long as it's in the nuthouse, where they belong)
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To: detective

The “leaders” of the NeverTrump movement (people like Krauthammer etc) may covertly or overtly back Hillary, but I really doubt that many rank and file anti-Trump primary voters would ever back Hillary. Most of the Cruz supporters here will vote for Trump, some may stay home. Only the lunatic fringe will back Hillary.


75 posted on 05/04/2016 7:25:38 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: TexasGunLover

Texas Gun Lover? You claim to love guns but vote for Hillaty when she wants to confiscate guns a la Australia? Unbelievable!


76 posted on 05/04/2016 7:27:40 AM PDT by Texas Patriot61 (Gun control is being able to hit your target.)
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To: TexasGunLover
When given a choice between the two, you have to select the most conservative in record. That means, true conservatives, if they can stand it, must vote Hillary. Sad, but true.

This is hands down the most ignorant statement I have ever heard uttered here on FR. You sure you're in the right place? I think you might be far more comfortable on some far left site. Then again, what would one expect from Texas, where they elect Sheila Jackson Lee and are happy to apply for a permit to open carry. Lol.

77 posted on 05/04/2016 7:36:24 AM PDT by dware (I don't care what bathroom they use, as long as it's in the nuthouse, where they belong)
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To: detective

From what I’m reading this morning, legions of them do.


78 posted on 05/04/2016 7:37:15 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: kara37
It’s because he is one of the most morally repugnant human beings I have ever seen.

You sound like one of those ignorant millennials who hate Trump not based on any hard fact or statistic, but because they've been told to him on social media. Get a life, commie.

79 posted on 05/04/2016 7:45:44 AM PDT by dware (I don't care what bathroom they use, as long as it's in the nuthouse, where they belong)
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To: TexasGunLover
“When given a choice between the two, you have to select the most conservative in record. That means, true conservatives, if they can stand it, must vote Hillary. Sad, but true.”

You say you are a gun lover.

Do you have any idea what Hillary Clinton's position is on gun ownership?

Do you know what Clinton's position is on law suits against gun manufactures forcing them into bankruptcy?

Do you know Clinton's position on severely limiting the 2nd amendment?

Do you know Clinton's positions on restricting freedom of religion and freedom of speech?

Do you know about Clinton's treason against the United States?

Do you know about Clinton's history of corruption?

I guess that is what you think of as conservative.

80 posted on 05/04/2016 7:48:41 AM PDT by detective
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