Posted on 08/02/2016 8:48:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
A Hewlett-Packard executive and Republican fundraiser said Tuesday she will back Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
Meg Whitman said she plans to give a "substantial" contribution to Clinton's campaign to make sure Republican nominee Donald Trump
doesn't become the next president.
“I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her,” Whitman told The New York Times on Tuesday .
Whitman, who ran for governor of California in 2010, said she doesn't agree with Clinton on many issues, but noted that the Democratic nominee would "be a much better president than Donald Trump."
An aide to Whitman said the billionaire businesswoman would personally give Clinton's campaign at least an amount in the "mid-six figures."
In the interview, Whitman also slammed Trump and said the Republicans need to "put country first before party," according to The New York Times.
She called Trump "a dishonest demagogue" and said he could take the country "on a very dangerous journey." She also said he has "undermined the character of the nation."
She said she stands by her former comments, in which she compared Trump to Hitler and Mussolini. She made the remarks during a private gathering of Republican donors earlier this year.
“Time and again history has shown that when demagogues have gotten power or come close to getting power, it usually does not end well,” Whitman said.
Whitman, who spent $140 million of her own money on her gubernatorial bid, is described by the Times as "a prized defector" for Clinton. The paper notes she is close to Mitt Romney and is rare female executive in Silicon Valley.
Ron Nehring, who served as national spokesman for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, said he doesn't agree with Whitman's endorsement, but noted the "significance of it should not be discounted." He called her an "extremely tough, smart woman."
In a series of tweets, he noted Whitman was a "major supporter" of Mitt Romney and supported New Jersey Chris Christie in the 2016 Republican primaries.
"People listen to her," he tweeted.
"Trump now has a former CAGOP Gov nominee, a NY GOP congressman and Christie staffer all supporting Hillary. This is unsustainable."
That’s not very nice!! :)
Sickening.
Yes Heg was a great disaster at eBay - thats when I quit selling there for all practical purposes.
She is a stupid cow, her & Fillary make a good couple (of nitwits)
I liked how they’d be tuning and then it turns into the riff from St. Stephen.
yet another fake Republican member of the Uniparty smoked out by the Trump Effect.
Dumb bitch
“Time and again history has shown that when demagogues have gotten power or come close to getting power, it usually does not end well,” Whitman said.
She’s an idiot. Truly. Hillary is a wannabe dictator, and if faced with the choice of having Trump or Hillary watch over my child, it would definitely not be Hilary - because Hillary appears to be a definitive pathological narcissist - without empathy. Demagogue? Trump isn’t doing this because of money, and he certainly didn’t need this for fame. Hillary, on the other hand, has accomplished exactly nothing in life beside riding her husbands coattails to a national political career, and whatever she may have done as a mother.
The corrupt Uniparty is closing ranks, this election is exposing all the RINOs and frauds.
Trump can’t be bought and will be a threat to the pay-to-play system in DC that has sold-out America.
“.....than the number of times that the Grateful Dead have tuned between songs.”
That was tuning? I though it was an experimental thing....
If Trump loses, we need to vote out every Republican we can!
We need to destroy the GOP!
This woman's compass is 180 degrees off dead reckoning.
This is an unbelievable election. The UniParty is aligning itself as the Democratic Party. No two party fake symbolism. There they are. Clear as day. Only a few still play the game and that is primarily due to a local elections (ex. McCain) or important stature in the two party system (ex. Ryan). Trump just brings out the true personality, the true character and the true nature of people. And they have the audacity to claim he is the insane one. Just remarkable.
I hope Whitman is even more effective in Hillary’s campaign than she was in McCain’s.
If you have ever had the chance to work for an HP executive since the tech crash, what is really clear is they care about one thing...
Money and Power for themselves.
The old HP died in ‘95
Well said...Trump is definitely exposing the scum of the uniparty.
i told ya all along to beware of Whitman, she’s not politically smart or trustworthy
This won’t mean much. However, it shows that Clinton is directly contacting a lot of Republicans and peeling off as many as she can.
Lol.... :)
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