Interesting how the weight on the pro-democracy side of the ledger is increasing. Thankfully. The latest group of Republicans to abandon the GOP nominee and support the Democratic ticket is one consisting of people who used to work for Ronald Reagan back in the day. Reagan would not have liked or supported Donald Trump. We’ve been hearing that since 2016, when his son, Michael, said, “My father would never stand for this. And Nancy would have voted for Hillary.”
Seventeen former staff members of the late Republican President Ronald Reagan are endorsing the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
In a joint statement first obtained by CBS News, the staff members wrote that Reagan, if alive, would have supported Harris.
“President Ronald Reagan famously spoke about a ‘Time for Choosing.’ While he is not here to experience the current moment, we who worked for him in the White House, in the administration, in campaigns and on his personal staff, know he would join us in supporting the Harris-Walz ticket,” the group writes. “The time for choosing we face today is a choice between integrity and demagoguery, and the choice must be Harris-Walz,” the group added. “Our votes in this election are less about supporting the Democratic Party and more about our resounding support for democracy.”
Over 230 former officials for Republican presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have also backed Harris, in addition to campaign staffers for Republican presidential nominees John McCain and Mitt Romney. Biden received a similar amount of GOP support in his 2020 run against Trump.
Former Reagan staff backing Harris includes Ken Adelman, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. arms control director under Reagan, as well as B. Jay Cooper, the special assistant and deputy press secretary to Reagan. Adelman had endorsed former President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, as well as President Biden’s 2020 run. He backed Republican Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, but was against Trump’s 2016 run.
Again, the message is bleeding through loud and clear. Everybody can hear it except for the people running the GOP — and we don’t mean people like Lara Trump. It’s obvious why she’s tone deaf. We’re talking about the Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson crowd, who one would assume would be thinking about the GOP as an institution and worrying about how to keep it going.
On the other hand, McConnell is retiring and Johnson found himself with the gavel in his hand due to a twist of fate never before seen in the House of Representatives. So in point of fact, probably the top leadership of the Republican party is Lara Trump.
That is downright terrifying if true, but that appears to be the case. The Trump/Vance ticket is one spawned by and directed to the MAGA crazies. It’s highly doubtful that there are enough of that fringe sect to propel Trump into the White House. And more and more traditional Republicans keep dropping by the wayside as the race continues.
The theme in 2024 is becoming clear: save democracy first, worry about partisan politics later.
Excellent food for thought. Well thought out and articulated!
One of the two main political parties in America has degenerated into a sick cult.
The only sensible responsible thing to do is vote for the other one.
Vote Democratic. Vote sanity.
“The theme in 2024 is becoming clear: save democracy first, worry about partisan politics later.”
I’m a Brit, and the above quote is one of the most critical things I have read on this site.
Please American Citizens help the whole world by ending this madness and keeping Trump out.
Please!