Some worked with Trump. Others served in Congress. Now, they are sounding the alarm about the dangers of another Trump administration.
From his own vice president and former cabinet officials to sitting members of Congress, these Republicans and former Trump officials are putting country over party this year.
“I cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump this year.”
“I’m not going to be endorsing President Trump.”
“I don’t intend to support [Trump].”
“I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”
“I do not at this point [see myself endorsing Trump].”
“There has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”
“Trump is not an acceptable alternative. He is not the lesser of two evils. He is a completely unfit man for office. He’s already shown us what he would do, and he can never be near the Oval Office again.”
“It’s gonna be Biden against Trump. And in that case, there is no question who I would support. I believe in America way more than I believe in the Republican Party.”
“[Trump] has shown himself … to be completely self-centered, completely self-consumed, and doesn’t give a damn about the American people.”
“[Trump] showed that with that kind of disrespect for the military, he’s not qualified to be the president of the United States, because I don’t trust him to protect them.”
“[Trump is] a person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.”
“We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.”
“I believe that he’s a threat to democracy…There’s no way I’ll vote for Trump.”
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.”
“We’re in a worse place today than we were before he [Trump] came in.”
“Donald Trump is unfit to be president.”
“We saw the absence of leadership, really anti-leadership, and what that can do to our country.”
“[Trump] has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices.”
“Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it.”
“I’ve never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I think that in this next election, I would put policy aside and choose democracy.”
“I do not want him to be our president again.”
“We have to hire an institutionalist in 2024 and preserve and expand the system of American democracy. Mr. Trump does not want to do that.”
“This was the first time in American history that a president unconstitutionally tried to remain in power illegally.”
“I think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history.”
