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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,740 posts) Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:27 AM Aug 2016

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BREAKING: Republican House Member (Richard Hanna) will vote for Clinton

U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a three-term Republican, said Tuesday he will vote for Hillary Clinton for president because Donald Trump is "unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country."

Hanna becomes the first Republican member of Congress to publicly declare he will vote for Clinton in November.

http://www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/08/gop_rep_richard_hanna_says_hell_vote_for_hillary_clinton.html#incart_m-rpt-1

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BREAKING: Republican House Member (Richard Hanna) will vote for Clinton (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2016 OP

Well done Congressman Soxfan58 Aug 2016 #1

Good for him, but he must be calculating that this will help him get re-elected. Koinos Aug 2016 #2

He isn't running for re-election vollehosen Aug 2016 #3

Welcome! Delphinus Aug 2016 #5

Thanks! vollehosen Aug 2016 #7

That's a man with good character. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Aug 2016 #4

A Republican with a conscience??!! Shocking. nruthie Aug 2016 #6

He is retiring, but I will still give him props for saying this publicly obamanut2012 Aug 2016 #8

Kudos to the congressman! Standing up and speaking the truth. writes3000 Aug 2016 #9

so there is such a thing left as a sensible Republican treestar Aug 2016 #10

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)

1. Well done Congressman

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:34 AM

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Koinos

(2,792 posts)

2. Good for him, but he must be calculating that this will help him get re-elected.

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:36 AM

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vollehosen

(130 posts)

3. He isn't running for re-election

Reply to Koinos (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:40 AM

Aug 2016

Which probably helped him make this decision.

Delphinus

(11,840 posts)

5. Welcome!

Reply to vollehosen (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:48 AM

Aug 2016

Glad you are here.

vollehosen

(130 posts)

7. Thanks!

Reply to Delphinus (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:10 AM

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Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)

4. That's a man with good character. n/t

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:46 AM

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nruthie

(466 posts)

6. A Republican with a conscience??!! Shocking.

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:49 AM

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obamanut2012

(26,142 posts)

8. He is retiring, but I will still give him props for saying this publicly

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:16 AM

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It will effect speaking engagements.

writes3000

(4,734 posts)

9. Kudos to the congressman! Standing up and speaking the truth.

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:36 AM

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treestar

(82,383 posts)

10. so there is such a thing left as a sensible Republican

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:37 AM

Aug 2016

good to know. At least this one admits the grand screw up the party made with its presidential process.

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