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Meg Whitman will support Clinton for president
The Hill ^ | August 2, 2016 | Rebecca Savransky

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."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2016election; hp; megwhitman; trump
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To: Gasshog

Meg’s looking for her next gig, a Hillary win means a job in the next administration...


81 posted on 08/02/2016 9:36:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: jazusamo

My last HP printer was a lemon.


83 posted on 08/02/2016 9:39:37 PM PDT by Notasoccermom
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

The Clintonistas have undermined the character of this nation. The Obamas have undermined the character of this nation. Many Democrats and RINOs have undermined the character of this nation.

For Uniparty frauds to ignore all that over the past 20+ years and suddenly now complain about Trump just shows how dishonest, liberal, and malicious the Uniparty hacks truly are.


84 posted on 08/02/2016 9:41:13 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: jazusamo
"... Whitman, who spent $140 million of her own money on her gubernatorial bid..."
... and still lost her a$$!!!

LOSERS have no place on the trump train. What a loser. I am sick of losers.

I am working on how to get sick of winning... and they keep throwing these diarrhetic turd-losers in the punch bowl.

85 posted on 08/02/2016 9:41:31 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: jazusamo
A failed Hewlett-Packard executive and Republican fundraiser said Tuesday she will back Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
yes, my friends, it is now official, the kiss of death for the loser candidate in the democrat party, from one of the nation's all time losers... Whitman, the witless!
86 posted on 08/02/2016 9:43:05 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: fortheDeclaration

the purge...


87 posted on 08/02/2016 9:44:54 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: jazusamo

Megan Whitman was always pro Amnesty and open borders. Plus she is just copying Fiorina but is even worse.


88 posted on 08/02/2016 9:49:16 PM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: ealgeone
I'm amazed. This will be the third easiest election the gop could win and we're forming a circular firing squad.

I think we're finding out that "the gop" was a sham front for the Uniparty - to fool the conservatives.

It explains all the "fumbled balls" 2 yards from the goal line.

89 posted on 08/02/2016 9:50:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (Hillary Clinton is not sophisticated enough to understand the Bill of Rights, either.)
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To: jazusamo

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.


Whitman is an elitist closet rat. And look! There’s here fellow closet rat Willard.

Dear God, let this be the year we kill the Uniparty.


90 posted on 08/02/2016 9:51:55 PM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: jazusamo

I never thought it other.


91 posted on 08/02/2016 9:52:16 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Well, phooey. I love my HP laptop and have had such great luck with them. Guess I better hope it lasts for a long time.


92 posted on 08/02/2016 9:55:13 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (If we continue to divide, they will conquer!)
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To: jazusamo

Anyone who did not support Obama but now supports Hillary in this large way...WHY? Are Hillary’s beliefs that different? No. Therefore can we assume...racism? People who are Republican could just shut up and endorse nobody. Democrats would NEVER EVER SUPPORT a Republican even if the Dem were Charles Manson. The worst they might do is remain silent..but Rebubs can’t wait to be applauded by the”cool kids” as they perceive the Dems to be.


93 posted on 08/02/2016 9:55:47 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (Envy is just passive, lazy greed.)
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To: jazusamo
She's a GLOBALIST. Anyone keeping a scorecard?
94 posted on 08/02/2016 9:56:03 PM PDT by jobim
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To: jazusamo

the b*tch has hated Trump from the beginning so not a shock..I’ll loving these liberal goons coming out of the woodwork..again it shows me exactly what the Republican party has become


95 posted on 08/02/2016 9:56:41 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jazusamo

May she die in her sleep. Tonight.


96 posted on 08/02/2016 9:59:02 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: fortheDeclaration

It’s just a separating of the sheep from the goats. . . another goat down and probably some more to follow.


97 posted on 08/02/2016 10:03:06 PM PDT by Maudeen (Sinner Saved by Grace)
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To: Maudeen

Can’t wait!


98 posted on 08/02/2016 10:03:29 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: jazusamo

Trump won’t forgive her and neither will I. These people will be made to suffer for thier lack of loyality.


99 posted on 08/02/2016 10:04:48 PM PDT by RedWulf (End Free trade.)
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To: jazusamo

Yeah, and folks wondered why I wouldn’t support the wanker.

She’s tethered in McCain’s corral.


100 posted on 08/02/2016 10:10:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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