Posted on 05/12/2016 6:08:44 AM PDT by Sybeck1
Mike Lee(R-Utah) said Wednesday that he is not ready to endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump
"I have not supported Donald Trump up to this point, I have not endorsed him," Lee said, according to The Washington Examiner.
"I have some concerns with him. He scares me to death; so does Hillary Clinton
. There is no easy choice right now." Lee had previously endorsed Ted Cruz
, before the Texas senator ended his presidential bid earlier this month. At the time, he said Cruz had a "proven record of fighting for our conservative values and for the issues that matter most to Americans."
The Utah senator said he plans to continue following the election and will make a choice in the future.
"I'll make the decision as best I can," he said, "but I'm not there yet."
Lee now joins several other Republican leaders, who have said they are not ready to endorse Trump or said that they don't plan to vote for the presumptive nominee in a general election.
Speaker Paul Ryan said last week that he was "just not ready" to endorse the presumptive GOP nominee.
Trump not being president scares me to death.
Isn't it possible that people have reservations about him because he's a goofy clod whose current promises and positions are completely at odds with his prior statements and his life history?
I plan to vote for him because he's not Hillary, but the worries about buying this pig-in-a-poke are completely logical for those not emotionally invested in the blind messianic fervor enveloping this bizarro candidacy.
Yes. His name is Ted Cruz and the Trumpsters here pissed all over him and continue to do so.
At the very least, Trump has revealed the GOP as the sham that it is.
Interesting analysis I hadn’t thought of before. Thanks.
Me thinks they like to "fight for conservative values" but have no interest whatsoever in actually "winning" these fights.
Trump scares him because Trump wants to WIN.
Is Mike Lee a Latter Day Republican?
LOL...too funny.
Alpha male scares beta males.
Does a nuclear Iran scare you Mike? Have you ever spoke out on Obummer’s deal with them?
Remember that
NO CHOICE IS A CHOICE!
Either Trump or Ole Screech.
Ted Cruz is a fraud,period.
Open your eyes.
At this point, you are either on the Trump train or you can blow your winds elsewhere.
We have a country to save.
Another example of why the ‘principled conservative’ label is losing steam. They accomplish less than nothing in congress, and then when it comes time to endorse the candidate We The People have chosen, the best they can do is give aid and comfort to the likes of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
And what’s with this idiotic ‘I’m not there yet’ meme? Listen, you gutless wonders, it’s not about you. It’s about losing the country with Hillary or scrabbling to reclaim the remnants with Trump. Where you *are* right now is with Hillary. So yes, you’re ‘there;’ it’s just that ‘there’ is a treacherous place to be.
The ‘doctrinaire’ conservatives are being outed as anti-middle class.
3.2.1. Trump Cult about to throw another great conservative under the bus.
Trump’s got my vote and support, but there are significant concerns about his commitment to conservative ideas and also to his reliability to carry the torch. If I read his website, I love his platform. When he speaks about his solutions, he’s literally all over the board. We all should be able to agree, there’s no clue what will occur in a Trump presidency. He could wipe out Obamacare or he could put together a deal with democrats to fix it and leave 3/4ths of it in place to look more like Canada or England. He’s said both. I am hopeful that his website positions will be a guide post and that conservatives like Lee can help guide policy in the right direction. Thing is, we won’t know until we know.
What is it with these whiny people? I don’t like Trump, either, and I don’t believe anyone, including him, has any idea what he will do if he is elected. However, being “scared to death” is just stupid drama-queen crap.
Comments like Mike Lee’s are making it increasingly clear why we lose votes by one important vote each and every time... we have the appearance of a two party system...
Mike wants to ban online Gambling for Vegas mormon donors.
What a snowflake. Does he need a Safe Space?
Lots of things scare people in Utah. They are so scared they have to wear sacred undies to ward off the voodoo.
Mormons - still a cult.
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