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‘Never Trump’ Republicans weigh how — or whether — to vote on Election Day
The Washington Times ^ | September 6, 2016 | David Sherfinski

Posted on 09/06/2016 7:02:14 PM PDT by jazusamo

They were defeated in the primaries, failed to stop Donald Trump at the convention, and now the “never Trump” forces within the GOP are having to come to grips with what they’ll actually do when they enter the polling booth in November.

Few say they’ll pull the lever for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, but neither Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson nor Evan McMullin, an independent conservative offering himself as the unofficial GOP choice, are earning groundswell support.

Some of the anti-Trump forces say they’re so frustrated, they’ll stay home on Election Day — unless it looks like doing so would help Mr. Trump, in which case they’ll turn out to give Mrs. Clinton a boost over him.

“I will maintain my high moral principles about not voting for [her], unless it looks like Trump might carry Florida, in which case I’ll throw my principles over the side and try to prevent that,” said Mac Stipanovich, a Republican lawyer based in Florida.

“You could drill a hole in my face with a wood bit and I wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump,” said Mr. Stipanovich, who penned an open letter in May calling on Republicans to stay home or vote for Mrs. Clinton “if conscience permits.”

On Capitol Hill, anti-Trump lawmaker Rep. Richard L. Hanna of New York, who is retiring after his current term expires, has publicly declared his support for Mrs. Clinton, saying in an op-ed that Mr. Trump is “unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; clinton; democrats; hillary; nevertrumpers; rinos; trump; uniparty
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To: jazusamo
Some of the anti-Trump forces say they’re so frustrated, they’ll stay home on Election Day

All 5 of them?

Vote Trump!

41 posted on 09/07/2016 4:57:22 AM PDT by sargon (Anyone AWOL in the battle against Hillary is not a patriot. It's that simple.)
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Use your vote as a weapon, not an endorsement.

You don’t vote FOR any candidate. You lay your vote in whatever manner is needed to PREVENT the worse candidate from getting elected.

If you’re not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.


42 posted on 09/07/2016 5:28:30 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: HapaxLegamenon

They’re on 1st!


43 posted on 09/07/2016 11:32:53 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Here’s a FR ref: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3466045/posts


44 posted on 09/07/2016 12:06:33 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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