2016 Postmortem

RandySF

(58,874 posts) Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:03 AM Oct 2016

Michael Steele says he won't vote for Trump

Michael Steele, who led the Republican Party from 2009 to 2011, became the latest senior Republican figure to say he would not vote for Donald Trump.

“I will not be voting for Clinton,” Steele told a dinner in honor of the 40th anniversary of the progressive magazine Mother Jones in San Francisco Friday. “I will not be voting for Trump either.”

Steele, a former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, said that Trump has “captured that racist underbelly, that frustration, that angry underbelly of American life and gave voice to that.”

“I was damn near Puking during the debates,” Steele said, adding that he believes Trump only represents 30% of the Republican Party.
Steele is the third former Republican National Committee Chairman to say he won’t support Trump; the others are Marc Racicot and Mel Martinez.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/former-republican-party-chairman-says-he-wont-vote-for-trump?utm_term=.cuY1gQ5wV#.brG6G3A0D

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Michael Steele says he won't vote for Trump (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2016 OP

Hope he brings more of the repubs with him. Cha Oct 2016 #1

It's not even Friday yet in SF senseandsensibility Oct 2016 #2

I have no problem with GOPers throwing their votes into a hole. LeftRant Oct 2016 #3

Hey Micahel, it is more than 30% of the republican party. More like 50% still_one Oct 2016 #4

Michael Steele says he won't vote for Trump. LenaBaby61 Oct 2016 #5

It's higher Third Doctor Oct 2016 #6

Yea, we all knew that a long time ago. He and Steven Schmidt are the last 2 Republican... phleshdef Oct 2016 #7

Bibiddy TeamPooka Oct 2016 #8

Cha

(297,265 posts)

1. Hope he brings more of the repubs with him.

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:08 AM

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senseandsensibility

(17,056 posts)

2. It's not even Friday yet in SF

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:10 AM

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where he gave the speech. But anyway, good for him I guess. Better late than never.

LeftRant

(524 posts)

3. I have no problem with GOPers throwing their votes into a hole.

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:12 AM

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still_one

(92,204 posts)

4. Hey Micahel, it is more than 30% of the republican party. More like 50%

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:14 AM

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LenaBaby61

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5. Michael Steele says he won't vote for Trump.

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:28 AM

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Third Doctor

(1,574 posts)

6. It's higher

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:49 AM

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I think it's a lot higher than 30% more like 70%. If the number of anti Trump repubs was higher they would have protested and demanded that he step down. They did the opposite. If anything they turned on the few GOP office holders that defied Trump. Paul Ryan is in trouble because he stood up to Trump (for his own reasons). The party needs to collapse and be rebuilt.

phleshdef

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7. Yea, we all knew that a long time ago. He and Steven Schmidt are the last 2 Republican...

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:56 AM

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...media operatives that have a shred of regard for common decency.

TeamPooka

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8. Bibiddy

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 02:09 AM

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