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Nym90
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« on: October 12, 2016, 02:45:32 PM »

Thune also says that he'll vote for Trump if he's on the ballot:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-senators-urged-donald-trump-step-support/story?id=42748881

The story portrays this as a "reversal" for Thune and Fischer.  But again, the media sees it this way because they weren't properly parsing Fischer's and Thune's statements over the weekend.  They both said that Trump should drop out, because the party would be better off with Pence leading the ticket.  But they never said they would defect to Clinton or 3rd party if Trump refuses to go.


Yeah, normally calling on a candidate to drop out would be safe to equate as withdrawing your endorsement, but this being 2016, the regular rules are out the window.

Looking forward to the first Republican to acknowledge that while yes, he would vote for Satan over Trump, he will vote for Trump over Clinton.
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2016, 12:11:41 PM »

Mike Lee voted McMullin:

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4563854-155/utah-sen-mike-lee-voted-for

Some of the other #NeverTrump Republican voters are listed here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/prominent-republicans-leave-ballots-blank-vote-trump-article-1.2864752

E.g., Kasich voted for McCain, McCain voted for Graham, and Graham voted McMullin.

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If only McMullin had voted for Kasich, the circle would have been complete.
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2016, 12:16:43 PM »

Will be fascinating to see how the NeverTrumpers vote on legislation in the next Congress. While the GOP may have a Senate majority, the NeverTrumpers could unite with Democrats to form a majority against Trump.

What about in the House? Will there be 218 Representatives who endorsed/supported Trump? I have to assume so, but it won't be many more than that.
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