Jason Chaffetz: "I won't defend Trump, i won't endorse Trump but i vote for him" (user search)

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Re: Jason Chaffetz: "I won't defend Trump, i won't endorse Trump but i vote for him"

« on: October 26, 2016, 09:40:51 PM »

A public statement that he will vote for Trump is an endorsement. Just because he didn't use the specific word "endorsement" doesn't make it any less so.

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Queen Mum Inks.LWC
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Re: Jason Chaffetz: "I won't defend Trump, i won't endorse Trump but i vote for him"

« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2016, 10:57:25 PM »

Quote from: Fuzzy Bear on October 26, 2016, 10:22:08 PM

Quote from: Queen Mum Inks.LWC on October 26, 2016, 09:40:51 PM

A public statement that he will vote for Trump is an endorsement. Just because he didn't use the specific word "endorsement" doesn't make it any less so.

That's debatable. But it's more of an "endorsement" than Rep. Bob Sikes (D-FL) 1968 "endorsement" of HHH. "I'm voting for the Democratic ticket, but I'm not asking anyone else to." That embodies "support, but not endorse" better than any statement I've ever heard from a candidate.

What is the definition of endorse/endorsement?

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Re: Jason Chaffetz: "I won't defend Trump, i won't endorse Trump but i vote for him"

« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2016, 10:59:57 PM »

Also, you have to realize that when an elected official says, "I'm voting for X but not asking others to vote for X", it still has the effect of encouraging those who support the official to vote for X.

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