This Top Republican Just Said NO WAY To Being Trump’s VP Pick [View all]

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http://newcenturytimes.com/2016/06/18/this-top-republican-just-said-no-way-to-being-trumps-vp-pick/

It looks like Donald Trump’s friend’s are getting smaller and smaller to the point where more in the GOP establishment are jumping ship and not supporting the presumptive nominee in moves that are unprecedented in US election history. The latest is Republican heavyweight and former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State under the George W. Bush Administration, Condoleeza Rice. Here’s what her chief of staff had to say:
“Dr. Rice has repeatedly said in past cycles as well as this one, she’s not interested in being vice president. She’s happy at Stanford and plans to stay. She does not plan to go to the convention.”

An anonymous source also told Yahoo News that Rice does plan to participate in politics:
“She plans on doing a few events to help her friends in the Senate. She’s concerned about down-the-ballot races and wants to be helpful where she can.”

But not Trump. In fact, it looks like she wants to stay as far away as possible from the bombastic billionaire as possible and won’t be in the same building as the presumptive GOP nominee.

Rice is the latest of a small group GOP elites to withhold their endorsements, or flip and say they will vote for Hillary Clinton. In one of the most dramatic signs to date that the GOP’s chances for the presidency are crumbling, Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush, will be voting for Hillary Clinton this November. Armitage is the highest ranking former GOP national security official to openly support Clinton, a clear sign that the elite security establishment is very worried about Trump in power. In an interview with Politico, Armitage said:
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, I would vote for Hillary Clinton. He doesn’t appear to be to be a Republican, he doesn’t appear to want to learn about issues. So I’m going to vote for Mrs. Clinton.”