#NeverTrump GOP endorsements LATEST: Graham and Lee voted McMullin

[Inmate Trump]

I'm on board with #NeverTrump.

As a Republican leaning independent, I fully support Hillary for president, for no reason other than Trump is a racist and a demagogue and I cannot morally support him.

[Inmate Trump]

To be fair, there are always non-endorsers. Chafee refused to support Bush in 2004, Boren refused to support Obama in 2008.

I think this will be different. You're getting many high level Republicans staunchly opposing Trump. I can see many of them joining this bandwagon.

When has a candidate ever won when their party peers in the senate are planning to run campaigns distancing themselves from him?

[Inmate Trump]

To be fair, there are always non-endorsers. Chafee refused to support Bush in 2004, Boren refused to support Obama in 2008.

Usually just a max of one or two major officeholders per election though.

That's true, but I wonder how many of "never Trump" crowd would eventually fall in line if he's nominated. It would be quite difficult to face questions "why are you supporting liberal Hillary?"

Easy. The alternative is a racist demagogue with echoes of Benito Mussolini and policies similar to that of Nazi Germany. The alternative seems happy to have the support of white suprematists. That alone makes this election about more than mere politics, it's about what it means to be a citizen of this country. If being an American means a return to the kind of bigotry and hatred of the past, then by all means vote for Trump. But if not, the only alternative is Hillary.

[Inmate Trump]

Its really interesting seeing how diverse the opposition is to Trump.  You've got some moderates, some ideological conservatives, some neocons...

That's because he doesn't embody any portion of the Republican Party platform.

This. Trump is appealing to radicals, racists, and authoritarians. Not really to anyone else.

[Inmate Trump]

In this interview (at about the ~4:20 mark) Mitch McConnell is asked if he thinks Donald Trump is fit to be president, and he dodges the question, simply saying that “The American people will decide” in November:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-utLdJo69U

So we have the Republican Speaker of the House endorsing the party’s presidential nominee, yet accusing him of making racist comments, and the Republican Senate Majority Leader endorsing the party’s presidential nominee, but not answering the question when asked if he’s actually fit to be president.

Seems like a healthy political party.

Trump and his supporters have completely hijacked the GOP, and there's no coming back.

As someone who has never supported a Democrat for president, and only a very small handful of times for other positions, I, for one, will never support a Republican for any position if they endorse Trump in this election. That is an immediate disqualifier for me, no matter the position, no matter the opponent; an endorsement for Trump today is an opposition vote from me in the future.

[Inmate Trump]

Crazy Cruz.

What a sell out.