WHITMAN: It's Time for 'Republicans and Independents for Biden'

[brooklynite]

Inside Sources

I have been a Republican for more than forty years. I served as a Republican Governor in a largely Democratically held state. I have donated money to Republican candidates, and I am supporting a number of Republican candidates for national office this cycle. But, I cannot support Donald Trump.

Addressing the Republican National Convention in 1964, Dwight D. Eisenhower opened his remarks to his fellow Republicans gathered in San Francisco by noting, “I am here this evening first of all as a citizen of the United States with primary allegiance to my country.” It is painfully evident that what was true for Eisenhower is not true for the current occupant of the Oval Office. This makes our duty in November all the more clear: we must defeat Donald Trump and elect Joe Biden.

The Republican National Convention was a glorified telethon constructed for the sole purpose of paying homage, and swearing fealty to Donald Trump. There was no party platform. There was no recognition of the contributions of past Republican giants and no appearances by any of the living former Republican Presidents or Vice Presidents. In short, it was devoid of all recognition from previous quadrennial gatherings of my fellow Republicans.

Integrity. Duty. Freedom. Conservation. These are more than just words, they are clarion calls echoed throughout the decades by past Republican presidents in service of building a more perfect union. Whether it be Reagan’s ‘shining city on a hill’ or H.W. Bush’s ‘thousand points of light,’ past Republican presidents marshaled our best character to overcome our world’s gravest challenges. The past four years have been the antithesis of these values for which we have fought.

[Wicked Blue]

1. That's ex-NJ Gov Christine Todd Whitman

I'm not sure everyone knows who Whitman is.