Editor, Times-Union:
If you are a Republican who cares about this country and the direction it is headed, these are a few examples of many respected Republicans, including former staffers and supporters expressing no confidence in Trump. You can vote for Harris on a split ticket and still vote for your other preferred Republican candidates.
Anthony Scaramucci, White House Communications Director
Akyhssa Farah Griffin, White House Communications Director
Olivia Troye, Homeland Security advisor to Mike Pence
Adam Kinzinger,
Liz Cheney
John Kelly, Chief of Staff
James Mattis, Defense Secretary
James Mattis, Defense Secretary
John Bolton, National Security Advisor
Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State
Dick Cheney, VP (Bush Jr.), Defense Secretary (Bush Sr.), Chief of Staff (Ford), Wyoming Representative (10 years)
Geoff Dunca, Former Georgia Lt. Gov.
Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General (Bush Jr.)
Seventeen former staff members of the late Ronald Reagan endorsed Harris, saying in a joint statement that Reagan, if alive, would have supported Harris.
John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence (Bush Jr.): “To Republicans backing Trump over Harris, your concerns about Harris pale in comparison to Trump’s demonstrated chaotic and unethical behavior.”
Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican cited his time in the Senate with Harris, and in the House with Tim Waltz. “I know them. I know first-hand of their fine character and love of country.”
Cassidy Hutchinson, former Trump White House staffer. “To Republicans who may be on the fence: I understand how frightening it can be to potentially break with your party, but Trump and Vance cannot be trusted with the Constitution, they cannot be trusted to uphold our rule of law, and they can’t be trusted to enact responsible policy.”
Former Rep. Fred Upton (Mich.) is backing Harris in the 2024 election saying Trump is “totally unhinged.”
More than 200 Republicans who worked for Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Mitt Romney have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, saying democracy would be “irreparably jeopardized” by another Trump administration.
William Webster, CIA and FBI director under Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. signed a letter with more than 100 GOP former national security and former national security and foreign policy officials who worked in presidential administrations and Congress that announced their support for Harris.
“We firmly oppose the election of Donald Trump. As president, he promoted daily chaos in government, praised our enemies and undermined our allies, politicized the military, and disparaged our veterans, prioritized his personal interest above American interests, and betrayed our values, democracy, and this country’s founding documents. In our view, by inciting the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and defending those who committed it, he has violated his oath of office and brought danger to our country.” As former Vice President Pence has said, “Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States.
Vote responsibly, vote a split ticket, vote Harris 2024.
Tim Madison
Warsaw