#NeverTrump GOP endorsements LATEST: Graham and Lee voted McMullin

[Likely Voter]

Any bets on if Trump or Clinton will get more former GOP cabinet endorsers? 

[Holmes]

Any bets on if Trump or Clinton will get more former GOP cabinet endorsers? 

Yes. Powell. Outside chance at Rice (though unlikely) and Kissinger.

[Mr. Morden]

Mia Love is another one who will skip the convention:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/4045493-155/rep-mia-love-will-skip-republican

[pbrower2a]

Reuters:

Henry Paulson, a Republican who was U.S. Treasury secretary during the 2008 financial meltdown, on Friday called a Donald Trump presidency "unthinkable" and said he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Paulson joins a growing list of establishment Republicans who say they will not cast a ballot in the Nov. 8 election for Trump, the party's presumptive nominee and a political neophyte whose populist rhetoric runs counter to many long-held Republican principles.

"When it comes to the presidency, I will not vote for Donald Trump," Paulson, wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post. .... "I'll be voting for Hillary Clinton, with the hope that she can bring Americans together to do the things necessary to strengthen our economy, our environment and our place in the world," he said. Paulson accused Trump, who has touted his business acumen as a real estate developer during his campaign, of taking "imprudent risk" and then disavowing his debts when ventures fail.

He also took aim at Trump's opposition to trade agreements, which Paulson said have created U.S. jobs and fostered innovation and competitiveness.

"Simply put, a Trump presidency is unthinkable," Paulson said.

Paulson, who helped steer a $700 billion bailout of the financial system through Congress during the financial meltdown, said Trump is a "phony" who is unfit to be president. "I can't help but think what would have happened if a divisive character such as Trump were president during the 2008 financial crisis, at a time when leadership, compromise and careful analysis were critical," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-paulson-idUSKCN0ZB00R

[Kingpoleon]

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Endorses Hillary, Rallying Sanders Supporters!

Not.

[Lyin' Steve]

Hey, Hank Paulson seriously had the hardest job since Abraham Lincoln.  It's a miracle he didn't have a mental breakdown from how much stress he was under.

[ag]

Any bets on if Trump or Clinton will get more former GOP cabinet endorsers? 

Looks like it will be Clinton

Most former cabinet members do not have to endorse, and they will not.

[Mr. Morden]

George Will has left the Republican Party, seemingly over Trump:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/george-will-leaves-gop-224801

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[Mr. Morden]

Trump is lashing out at his former rivals who still haven't endorsed him, saying that those who betrayed the pledge to back the winner should 'never be allowed to run for public office again':

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-republican-pledge-224952

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He has a point.  Amazingly, as far back as March, many of the candidates started backing out of the pledge, with one saying “no, I don’t anymore” after being asked at a CNN town hall if he would stick by the pledge.

Oh wait, that candidate was Trump:

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-trump-drops-pledge-to-back-republican-presidential-nominee-other-than-himself-2016-3?IR=T

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[Landslide Lyndon]

David Valadao says he can't support Trump.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-republican-in-heavily-latino-district-1466711716-htmlstory.html

"I am disappointed with the divisive rhetoric coming from this Presidential Election and cannot support either candidate. I cannot back a candidate who denigrates people based on their ethnicity, religion, or disabilities,"

[Mr. Morden]

David Valadao says he can't support Trump.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-republican-in-heavily-latino-district-1466711716-htmlstory.html

"I am disappointed with the divisive rhetoric coming from this Presidential Election and cannot support either candidate. I cannot back a candidate who denigrates people based on their ethnicity, religion, or disabilities,"

OK, I added him to the list in the OP.

The #NeverTrump list has markedly grown since he became the de facto nominee last month.  Remember when many folks here were saying that all these people were going to fall in line, because there's no way they'd do anything that could be seen as helping Hillary Clinton?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Two prominent Wisconsin Republicans, one of them a former governor, quit from their delegate slots because they don't want to vote for TRUMP.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/conservative-leader-grebe-drops-delegate-slot-due-to-trump-b99754844z1-385233701.html

One of the most prominent figures in conservative and Republican circles, Michael Grebe, has given up his seat at next month's GOP convention, saying he wants no part of nominating Donald Trump.

Grebe is the outgoing president of the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, a powerful funder of conservative ideas and groups. He served as campaign chairman to Gov. Scott Walker's gubernatorial races and his unsuccessful presidential bid, and is a former chairman of the state GOP. In addition, he is a former counsel to the Republican National Committee, and was the RNC member in charge of overseeing the party's 1996 national convention in San Diego.

"I declined to go to Cleveland and I gave up my delegate slot because I do not want to be part of a process which results in the nomination of Donald Trump," Grebe wrote in an email to the Journal Sentinel. He did not elaborate.

Grebe is not the only Wisconsin Republican who is skipping the convention because of Trump. So are two alternates in the Wisconsin delegation. Former Gov. Scott McCallum said in an interview Friday: "They need people that are going to be very enthusiastic for Donald Trump as props at the convention. You're supposed to stand and cheer and yell for him. At this point I do not have the capability of doing that."

[Mr. Morden]

Two prominent Wisconsin Republicans, one of them a former governor, quit from their delegate slots because they don't want to vote for TRUMP.

Don't want to vote for him at the convention, but in that story McCallum says he's undecided about whether he'll vote for Trump in November, so I'll leave him off of the #NeverTrump list for now.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Former Montana governor, Marc Racicot, urges Republican delegates to dump TRUMP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-can-choose-better-than-trump/2016/06/30/1db143c0-3efc-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html?postshare=2831467400830567&tid=ss_tw

[Mr. Morden]

Former Montana governor, Marc Racicot, urges Republican delegates to dump TRUMP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-can-choose-better-than-trump/2016/06/30/1db143c0-3efc-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html?postshare=2831467400830567&tid=ss_tw

OK.  Racicot ends that column with "I cannot endorse or support Trump for president.", so I've added him to the list in the OP.

In other news, Romney says he might write in his wife's name:

http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-refuses-trump-and-clinton-may-vote-for-a-third-party-candidate-2016-7?IR=T

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[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

David Valadao says he can't support Trump.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-republican-in-heavily-latino-district-1466711716-htmlstory.html

"I am disappointed with the divisive rhetoric coming from this Presidential Election and cannot support either candidate. I cannot back a candidate who denigrates people based on their ethnicity, religion, or disabilities,"

TRUMP couldn't buy off the poorest member of Congress.  Sad!

[Mr. Morden]

To date, the only Republican politician I'm aware of who said he wouldn't vote for Trump and then sort of softened his position to "maybe" is Dean Heller.  But as of now, he's still opposed:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-gop-skeptics-224955

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We're a couple of weeks out from the convention, and Trump has been the de facto nominee for two months now.  And not a single prominent #NeverTrumper has endorsed him.  What happened to the people saying that these folks were all going to fold any minute now?

[Landslide Lyndon]

To date, the only Republican politician I'm aware of who said he wouldn't vote for Trump and then sort of softened his position to "maybe" is Dean Heller.  But as of now, he's still opposed:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-gop-skeptics-224955

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We're a couple of weeks out from the convention, and Trump has been the de facto nominee for two months now.  And not a single prominent #NeverTrumper has endorsed him.  What happened to the people saying that these folks were all going to fold any minute now?

To be fair some of them did initially, Rubio being the most egregious example.
It's a testament to Trump's toxicity that he pushed them back with his shenanigans.

[Mr. Morden]

To date, the only Republican politician I'm aware of who said he wouldn't vote for Trump and then sort of softened his position to "maybe" is Dean Heller.  But as of now, he's still opposed:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-gop-skeptics-224955

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We're a couple of weeks out from the convention, and Trump has been the de facto nominee for two months now.  And not a single prominent #NeverTrumper has endorsed him.  What happened to the people saying that these folks were all going to fold any minute now?

To be fair some of them did initially, Rubio being the most egregious example.

Rubio never actually ruled out voting for Trump though.  Even in the middle of his worst feuding with Trump in the primaries, he didn't rule out voting for Trump, so I don't see how he would have ever counted as #NeverTrump.  He used a #NeverTrump hashtag in a tweet at one point, but when someone asked him about it a few days later, he said he thought it just meant never voting for Trump in the primaries, not the general election.  None of the people who actually ruled out voting for Trump in the general election have endorsed him.

[Sir Mohamed]

If so many prominent GOPers are opposed to the Trumpster, the convention will likely end up in a mess.

[Mr. Morden]

If so many prominent GOPers are opposed to the Trumpster, the convention will likely end up in a mess.

None of them are going, though.  Nearly everyone prominent who hasn't endorsed Trump is avoiding the convention.  Though, yes, there will definitely be plenty of anti-Trump delegates there, but almost all of them are nobodies.

[Mr. Morden]

I added Chris Shays to the list in the OP.

Scott Walker seems to have walked back his Trump endorsement to “undecided”:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/scott-walker-trump-endorsement-224059

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Walker’s now re-endorsed Trump, albeit without mentioning his name:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/06/scott-walker-just-gave-donald-trump-the-most-tepid-endorsement-ever/

I think that leaves six sitting Republican governors who are currently not backing Trump, not even offering an “I support the nominee” statement:

Baker
Haslam
Hogan
Kasich
Martinez
Sandoval

Though I think of that list, only Baker and Hogan have definitively ruled out backing him.  The others at least nominally say they might still be persuaded.

Also, of Trump’s 16 rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, I think these are the ones left who have not endorsed him, even with an “I support the nominee” type statement:

Bush
Cruz
Fiorina
Graham
Kasich
Pataki

[Likely Voter]

Cook breaks down the house...

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They note that those in close races are the ones more likely to be on the skeptical end of the spectrum.  

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the full lists of each category are at http://cookpolitical.com/story/9746

[Mr. Morden]

Cook breaks down the house...

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They note that those in close races are the ones more likely to be on the skeptical end of the spectrum.  

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the full lists of each category are at http://cookpolitical.com/story/9746

Good list.  On their list of "won't support Trump" people, it's mostly the familiar names that I already have, though I also noticed Kay Granger, and according to this:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article77567212.html

it looks like she's in the "I'm not going to announce support for anyone for the duration of the campaign" category, like Rick Snyder.  So I've added her to the list in the OP, under that category.

Cook also lists Huizenga and Moolenaar as "will never vote for / support Trump", but I don't know what the source is for that.  From this story:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/16/upton-endorsing-trump-train-track/85982354/

it sounds like they're both Trump skeptics, but haven't ruled anything out.

[Mr. Morden]

Politico has a story about all the “neocons” who have vowed not to back Trump in the general election:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/trump-clinton-neoconservatives-220151

Bill Kristol has already talked about the fact that he’d back a 3rd party candidate rather than go with Trump, but there’s also this letter signed by 60 Republican “foreign policy insiders” (including conservative author Max Boot, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and Bush State Department officials Elliot Cohen and Robert Zoellick) who say they won’t support a Republican ticket led by Trump:

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Politico says that several of the people who signed this letter have gone a step farther, by saying that they prefer Clinton to Trump....with one even saying that he won't vote for any Republican who endorses Trump:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/national-security-clinton-trump-225137

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