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Amy-Strange

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Mon Jun 8, 2020, 07:16 PM Jun 2020

Bush, Romney and Colin Powell Won't Support Trump Re-Election

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Bush, Romney and Colin Powell Won't Support Trump Re-Election

WASHINGTON — It was one thing in 2016 for top Republicans to take a stand against Donald J. Trump for president: He wasn’t likely to win anyway, the thinking went, and there was no ongoing conservative governing agenda that would be endangered.

The 2020 campaign is different: Opposing the sitting president of your own party means putting policy priorities at risk, in this case appointing conservative judges, sustaining business-friendly regulations and cutting taxes — as well as incurring the volcanic wrath of Mr. Trump.

But, far sooner than they expected, growing numbers of prominent Republicans are debating how far to go in revealing that they won’t back his re-election — or might even vote for Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee. They’re feeling a fresh urgency because of Mr. Trump’s incendiary response to the protests of police brutality, atop his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/bush-romney-and-colin-powell-wont-support-trump-re-election/ar-BB1584Tc?ocid=spartandhp
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Bush, Romney and Colin Powell Won't Support Trump Re-Election (Original Post) Amy-Strange Jun 2020 OP
I laughed in a GOPer's face who told me they are irrelevant. Hoyt Jun 2020 #1
Good for you n/t Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #2
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