Posted on 05/03/2016 9:54:10 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A number of prominent Republicans are vowing to never back Donald Trump even as he closes in on the GOP presidential nomination.
The Never Trump ranks include lawmakers, party operatives, pundits and GOP donors and the movement even sparked a popular hashtag on social media.
They are convinced Trump as standard-bearer would lead the GOP to a devastating defeat in November, costing the party the Senate and potentially the House.
The real estate mogul, though, is marching ahead, and now has 994 of the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the nomination, according to the Associated Press.
And there are growing signs many in the GOP establishment are warming to Trump. Hes been endorsed by 11 lawmakers, with others regularly attending Capitol Hill meetings with his staff. Trump has also declared himself the presumptive nominee.
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus has criticized the Never Trump movement as well. It is essential to victory in November that we all support our candidate, Priebus said at the RNCs spring meeting.
Trumps opponents are focused on trying to deny him the delegates needed to secure the nomination in hopes of forcing a contested convention in July.
Heres a list of Republicans who wont back Trump as nominee.
(Excerpt) Read more at stumpinfortrump.com ...
I intend to live up to my tag line.
The list is just the GOPe attendees at all of the Georgetown Cocktail Parties who have been selling out us rubes for years.
I would swear that just two months ago Justin Amash endorsed Trump.
I wish he would have done it in 2012 and cleaned Romneys clock and then kicked the zero out. But better late than never.
Anyway, today is a day to celebrate, not regret.
What is more telling are those “conservatives” who say they’ll vote for Hillary instead of Donald.
Better still, if they do not support the PARTY’s choice, they should be invited to leave.
Donald Trump can help Ameeica by turning DHS into a type of Gestapo?
You’re kidding I hope.
George Will the penultimate fellow on the list
I’m with you!
Good riddance to them.
Yep, me too!
Tell it like it is..............
Yet for nearly all these, no vows of non-suppprt for Romney, McCain, Dole, and Bushes.
an interesting point...in 2008, the same cataclysm took place; presidency landslide, loss of both huses of Congress, but none of these people tried to draw attention to themselves to lambaste the presidential candidate with such nonsense...
it really is about the inability to deal with someone who is not a political blueblood, it just doesn’t register in what passes for a brain in someone like Deace or Levin...
I didn’t see Hillary Robem Clinton on the list...
Time to get on the Trump Train!
Cruz supporter here, and you KNOW that the piss on their ashes, sore-winner attitude of far too many Trump supporters..
gee, sorry your feelings got hurt..but you know the old Chinese saying ‘he who dabble in politics, must grow thick skin’...
BTW, blaming Trump supporters for you voting for Hilary is the same tactic as Cruz blaming Trump for lefty violence outside his events, and every bit as dishonest...
Yes he has. He said that he was never trump.
They are all LOSERS.
And now, if they will not vote for the Republican nominee, they will be actively allowing the Democrat nominee to win, whether it is Hillary or Biden or whomever.
To me, that is treason against my country.
They can go to hell.
Not sure how you can say that? He has vilified Trump so much, even if he were to pivot and throw all of his support to him, no one would believe him.
They must not have children or grandchildren. They know that we’d be a communist country within 10 years under Hillary (or Bernie), and they shouldn’t want that looming in their descendants’ futures.
but, that is exactly the reason we have President Obama
principled conservative excess coupled with self esteem kept people from voting and Obama was the result
We can only hope that this pouting ceases by November
They can save face by voting for Trump and when asked for whom they voted they can simply say for the candidate that will not be communicating from the Oval Office through the basement of their home.
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