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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Mon Aug 1, 2016, 12:48 PM Aug 2016

First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close




Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close, she'll vote for Hillary Clinton.

Bradshaw, who's been close to the former Florida governor for decades and was senior adviser to his 2016 campaign, officially switched her registration to unaffiliated. She told CNN's Jamie Gangel in an email interview that the GOP is "at a crossroads and have nominated a total narcissist -- a misogynist -- a bigot."
"This is a time when country has to take priority over political parties. Donald Trump cannot be elected president," Bradshaw said.
The departure from the Republican Party of a Bush loyalist -- Bradshaw began her career working for George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign -- is the latest sign of an influential and respected member of the GOP establishment turning against Trump.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/sally-bradshaw-jeb-bush-donald-trump-florida/index.html
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First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 OP
if Florida close? liberal N proud Aug 2016 #1
A wishy washy one. Metric System Aug 2016 #2
An honest one sunnystarr Aug 2016 #3
i agree with your take on the statement...and good for her for tossing Trump aside publically Sheepshank Aug 2016 #4

sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)
3. An honest one
Mon Aug 1, 2016, 01:22 PM
Aug 2016

She's a Republican. Her conscience and love for her country won't allow her to vote for Trump. She could vote for Gary Johnson who is closer to her ideology. But she doesn't want a third party vote to put Trump in power, so if Florida is polling close she'll hold her nose and vote for Hillary. Good on her.

Edited to add. Perhaps some die hard Bernie supporters should take heed.

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