Former GOP (Republican) senator endorses Clinton

[B00Mer]

Former GOP senator endorses Clinton after Orlando shooting

A former Republican senator is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president after the mass shooting in Orlando, citing her support for gun control.

Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) called for universal background checks on all gun sales and an assault weapons ban Monday in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

“I can’t believe I’m endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, but I am,” said Pressler, who spoke with The Hill on Monday after endorsing Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in a statement issued over the weekend.
“This morning, I woke up and told my wife, ‘Did I really do that?’ ” he said. "But I did.

“If someone had told me 10 years ago I would do this, I wouldn’t have believed them."

Pressler, a moderate Republican who served three terms in the Senate before losing his seat to Democrat Tim Johnson in 1997, said he believes voting for Clinton is the “responsible thing to do.”

He said he feels disenfranchised by Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and modern-day congressional Republicans who have opposed efforts to expand background checks for gun sales.

“We need to go the route of more gun control as a result of Orlando and all the other shootings that have occurred,” Pressler said. “But it’s almost as though Republicans are saying gun control shouldn’t be part of the conversation at all."

But gun control isn’t the only reason why Pressler is ready to join “Republicans for Clinton” — he’s also concerned about Trump’s rhetoric on Muslims.

“This election is starting to sound like the German elections in [the late 1920s],” Pressler said. “This is a very dangerous national conversation we’re slipping into.”

Pressler, a Mormon Sunday school teacher, said he understands all too well the dangers of singling out a particular religious group.

In 1838, Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs ordered Mormons to be killed, which forced many to leave the state before eventually resettling in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Trump makes “Mormons very nervous,” Pressler said.

"Mormons are the only religious group besides the Jews who have been ordered by the government to be extinguished, killed,” he said.

“The worst thing is for Republicans to be silent,” Pressler added. “A lot of Republicans are just saying, ‘I’ll sit it out, I won’t vote.’ Or, ‘I’ll vote for a third-party candidate.’ But if they don’t vote, they are giving more power to dark forces.”

Former GOP senator endorses Clinton after Orlando shooting | TheHill

 

[Danbones]

"This election is starting to sound like the German elections in [the late 1920s],” Pressler said. “This is a very dangerous national conversation we’re slipping into.”

yeah, next the germans took the jews guns away
look what happened after that

"The National Socialist German Workers' Party, aka the Nazi party) members were no longer subject to gun ownership restrictions."
(Note Trumps demand Hitlary give up her guns/ protection and was misconstrued and castigated for that)
"The 1938 Regulations Against Jews' Possession of Weapons, promulgated the day after Kristallnacht, effectively deprived all Jews living under the Third Reich of the right to possess any form of weapons including truncheons, knives, or firearms and ammunition.[11] Before that, some police forces used the pre-existing "trustworthiness" clause to disarm Jews on the basis that "the Jewish population 'cannot be regarded as trustworthy'"."
(like modern Muslims aren't eh Trump?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_legislation_in_Germany

well, we know after WW2 operation paper clip brought all the nazis and corporate shills over
and look
now they run the place

oh, and of course the shooter, Omar worked for the DHS, the modern brown shirts/geshtapo;
the boss of which Jeh Johnson, just declared gun control a sacred DHS right
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/orlando...control-is-now-a-matter-of-homeland-security/

after the fbi, the DHS,and everyone else gauranteed him guns

 

[Walter]

Republican doesn't mean conservative.

 

[Corduroy]

Republican doesn't mean conservative.

True. Hillary Clinton is the best choice for conservatives this year. They're in a real pickle because they've demonized her for years as being 'liberal' but she's the most establishment candidate either party has run since George W Bush. She'll be safer for the business interests that run the Republican and Democratic parties than Donald Trump, but how can they admit that without giving away the whole con?

If Clinton wins it will be business as usual for the Republicans. Right now down ticket Republicans are only worried Trump will cost them their jobs.

 

[Danbones]

DHS SECRETARY: RIGHT-WINGERS POSE SAME THREAT AS ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS
“Secretary Johnson agreed and noted that CVE [Subcommittee on Combating Violent Extremism], by definition, is not solely focused on one religion.”
DHS Secretary: Right-Wingers Pose Same Threat As Islamic Extremists » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Darn bitter clingers

still wondering why a republican might suddenly want be a democrat?
didn't catch the "After shooting" bit?

 

[B00Mer]

DHS SECRETARY: RIGHT-WINGERS POSE SAME THREAT AS ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS
“Secretary Johnson agreed and noted that CVE [Subcommittee on Combating Violent Extremism], by definition, is not solely focused on one religion.”
DHS Secretary: Right-Wingers Pose Same Threat As Islamic Extremists » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Darn bitter clingers

still wondering why a republican might suddenly want be a democrat?
didn't catch the "After shooting" bit?

I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns.

Well well, look at that even Trump is jumping on the band wagon. :lol: Poor Walter.

 

[Curious Cdn]

"yeah, next the germans took the jews guns away
look what happened after that"


Are you for fukcing real?

 

[B00Mer]

yeah, next the germans took the jews guns away
look what happened after that

So you have an AK47 at home, you going to fend off the 82 Air Born when they come to get you... :lol:

I get it, you're going out in a blaze of glory... you have been watching to many action movies or playing to many video games.. shake you head.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Actually, the Jews of Germany were urbane, sophisticated people for the most part, not like hillbillies from Awe-kinsaw.

 

[B00Mer]

Actually, the Jews of Germany were urbane, sophisticated people for the most part, not like hillbillies from Awe-kinsaw.

LOL yeah.. like.. https://www.facebook.com/greg.nelson.184

 

[Curious Cdn]

LOL yeah.. like.. https://www.facebook.com/greg.nelson.184

Toothless, too!

 

[gopher]

Hill Republicans despondent over Trump
Many senators are simply refusing to say anything about their presumptive nominee.




Senate Republicans have tried to work with Donald Trump. They’ve offered gentle advice and firm guidance, hoping he’ll morph into a general election candidate who won’t kill their chances of keeping the Senate, or better yet, will give Hillary Clinton a run for her money.
None of it has worked. And now a palpable mix of despair and resignation has permeated the Senate Republican Conference. Many lawmakers are openly frustrated, and refusing to defend the comments and actions of their own standard-bearer, the man they’ve endorsed for president.
Story Continued Below
Trump’s insinuation that President Barack Obama may be sympathetic to Islamic State terrorists was the final straw for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“I’m not going to be commenting on the presidential candidates today,” the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday, an abrupt reversal after several weeks of weighing in on Trump’s performance, particularly the ways he believed the candidate needed to improve.
McConnell’s No. 2, Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, declared he is done talking about Trump until after the election — nearly five months away.
“Wish me luck,” he said.
Cornyn, whose Capitol office is located just steps from the Senate chamber, has been among the most accessible GOP senators on matters involving the presidential race.
Scene outside Philadelphia's City Hall as gatherers hold a candle light vigil for those killed and injured in the Orlando attacks.
LGBT groups to Trump: No thanks
By BIANCA PADRÓ OCASIO
Then there was Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, an oft-mentioned potential vice presidential pick for Trump. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who met with the presumptive nominee at Trump Tower in New York last month, seemed almost dejected as he was pressed Tuesday about how Trump has handled the aftermath of the mass shooting Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
“I don’t know that I really have a lot to say,” the usually voluble Corker said twice. He eventually noted that he has offered advice to the businessman at key times but said he has been “discouraged by the results,” panning Trump’s high-profile foreign policy speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Monday.
“It wasn’t the type [of address] that one would expect a person who is wanting to lead the greatest nation in the world to make,” Corker added. “Fifty people have perished, and [53] more have been harmed.” Trump “continues to be discouraging.”
For Republicans grappling with the prospect that Trump could erase their Senate majority this November, the GOP standard-bearer has done little to pivot from the aggressive rhetoric and controversial policy stances that enthralled Republican primary voters.
Once again, vulnerable GOP senators running for reelection in swing states found themselves seeking daylight from Trump.
“Listen, I’m responsible for my own words and my own actions,” said Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. On Trump repeating his call to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the United States, Johnson stressed: “Again, I’ve stated very clearly I disagree with that.”
Donald Trump renews call for Muslim banView
Donald Trump renews call for Muslim ban
Donald Trump talks about immigration policy on Monday.
06/13/16 03:21 PM EDT
“You know I’ve previously disagreed with him on his viewpoint that we should have a religious-based test in terms of people’s admission to the United States,” Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said. She instead emphasized that lawmakers need to zero in on gaps in the U.S. intelligence system, adding: “I think the focus really needs to be more based on the facts and the evidence.”
Even Republicans in influential national security positions had little to say about Trump’s response to Orlando and his fitness to be commander in chief. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, who has found himself in an unexpectedly competitive reelection race in Arizona, declined to respond to questions about the presumptive nominee and how he has handled himself post-Orlando.
Meanwhile, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who is also on the ballot in November, simply responded that he hadn’t seen Trump’s speech.
“I’ll go read,” Burr said as he ducked into an elevator at the Capitol.
Trump’s former opponents in the GOP presidential contest weren’t too keen, either, on Trump’s latest remarks.
“I’m happy to address the substantive challenges facing this country,” said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the effective runner-up to Trump in the Republican primary. “But I have no interest in providing play-by-play color commentary on the ongoing political battles in the presidential battle.”
While Republicans reluctantly endorsing Trump are delicately denouncing his proposals while supporting the nominee himself, the latest round of controversial positions aired by Trump has only emboldened the vocal faction of Republicans at the Capitol who have said they can’t endorse the billionaire mogul.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Friday, May 27.
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By DANIEL STRAUSS
Trump not only repeated his call to bar Muslim immigrants — a plan that would not have applied to Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen born in New York — but also said it should be broadened to countries with a proven history of terrorism against the United States or its allies. The presumptive GOP nominee called for Obama’s resignation over the president’s reluctance to use the label “radical Islam” and accused Obama on Tuesday of “continu[ing] to prioritize our enemy over our allies, and for that matter, the American people.”
Trump also tweeted a self-congratulatory note mere hours after the Orlando massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
“He’s won 13 million votes total so far; he’s got to get 65 million or so to win the general election, which includes a lot of independents and Republicans that don’t feel as he does,” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who has long been dismayed by Trump. “He can’t win the general election talking the way he is.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) deemed Trump’s suggestion that Obama was sympathizing with Islamic terrorists “highly offensive” and again panned the mogul’s call to bar Muslims from the United States.
“Mr. Trump’s reaction to declare war on the faith is the worst possible solution. You’ll never win this war if you don’t have partners in the faith,” said Graham, a respected national security voice in the GOP. “I have said over and over again, I don’t think he has the judgment, the temperament or the experience to deal with what we’re facing.”
Added Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who isn’t sure she’ll even vote for Trump: “I think his comments are inappropriate when the nation is in mourning over the worst terrorism attack that we’ve had since 9/11.”
Other Republicans tried to make the best of it, pointing out what they saw as bright spots in Trump’s remarks.
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said he found Trump’s post-Orlando comments “very appropriate.” But he quickly clarified that he wasn’t talking about barring Muslims from the United States.
“Sooner or later, you have to say what the reality is. And radical Islam is responsible for destroying this country, and this is probably the most heinous of all their acts,” Inhofe said. “As long as we have an administration that doesn’t recognize that, we’re at war, and everyone knows it except for Hillary and Obama.”


Hill Republicans despondent over Trump - POLITICO

 

[pgs]

True. Hillary Clinton is the best choice for conservatives this year. They're in a real pickle because they've demonized her for years as being 'liberal' but she's the most establishment candidate either party has run since George W Bush. She'll be safer for the business interests that run the Republican and Democratic parties than Donald Trump, but how can they admit that without giving away the whole con?

If Clinton wins it will be business as usual for the Republicans. Right now down ticket Republicans are only worried Trump will cost them their jobs.

Yup that is what has been driving Trump and to a lesser extent Bernie all along .

I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns.

Well well, look at that even Trump is jumping on the band wagon. :lol: Poor Walter.

Don't worry BOOMer follow your heart and believe . You know deep down in your heart you are really rooting for TRUMP .

boom boom .

Hill Republicans despondent over Trump
Many senators are simply refusing to say anything about their presumptive nominee.




Senate Republicans have tried to work with Donald Trump. They’ve offered gentle advice and firm guidance, hoping he’ll morph into a general election candidate who won’t kill their chances of keeping the Senate, or better yet, will give Hillary Clinton a run for her money.
None of it has worked. And now a palpable mix of despair and resignation has permeated the Senate Republican Conference. Many lawmakers are openly frustrated, and refusing to defend the comments and actions of their own standard-bearer, the man they’ve endorsed for president.
Story Continued Below
Trump’s insinuation that President Barack Obama may be sympathetic to Islamic State terrorists was the final straw for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“I’m not going to be commenting on the presidential candidates today,” the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday, an abrupt reversal after several weeks of weighing in on Trump’s performance, particularly the ways he believed the candidate needed to improve.
McConnell’s No. 2, Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, declared he is done talking about Trump until after the election — nearly five months away.
“Wish me luck,” he said.
Cornyn, whose Capitol office is located just steps from the Senate chamber, has been among the most accessible GOP senators on matters involving the presidential race.
Scene outside Philadelphia's City Hall as gatherers hold a candle light vigil for those killed and injured in the Orlando attacks.
LGBT groups to Trump: No thanks
By BIANCA PADRÓ OCASIO
Then there was Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, an oft-mentioned potential vice presidential pick for Trump. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who met with the presumptive nominee at Trump Tower in New York last month, seemed almost dejected as he was pressed Tuesday about how Trump has handled the aftermath of the mass shooting Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
“I don’t know that I really have a lot to say,” the usually voluble Corker said twice. He eventually noted that he has offered advice to the businessman at key times but said he has been “discouraged by the results,” panning Trump’s high-profile foreign policy speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Monday.
“It wasn’t the type [of address] that one would expect a person who is wanting to lead the greatest nation in the world to make,” Corker added. “Fifty people have perished, and [53] more have been harmed.” Trump “continues to be discouraging.”
For Republicans grappling with the prospect that Trump could erase their Senate majority this November, the GOP standard-bearer has done little to pivot from the aggressive rhetoric and controversial policy stances that enthralled Republican primary voters.
Once again, vulnerable GOP senators running for reelection in swing states found themselves seeking daylight from Trump.
“Listen, I’m responsible for my own words and my own actions,” said Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. On Trump repeating his call to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the United States, Johnson stressed: “Again, I’ve stated very clearly I disagree with that.”
Donald Trump renews call for Muslim banView
Donald Trump renews call for Muslim ban
Donald Trump talks about immigration policy on Monday.
06/13/16 03:21 PM EDT
“You know I’ve previously disagreed with him on his viewpoint that we should have a religious-based test in terms of people’s admission to the United States,” Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said. She instead emphasized that lawmakers need to zero in on gaps in the U.S. intelligence system, adding: “I think the focus really needs to be more based on the facts and the evidence.”
Even Republicans in influential national security positions had little to say about Trump’s response to Orlando and his fitness to be commander in chief. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, who has found himself in an unexpectedly competitive reelection race in Arizona, declined to respond to questions about the presumptive nominee and how he has handled himself post-Orlando.
Meanwhile, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who is also on the ballot in November, simply responded that he hadn’t seen Trump’s speech.
“I’ll go read,” Burr said as he ducked into an elevator at the Capitol.
Trump’s former opponents in the GOP presidential contest weren’t too keen, either, on Trump’s latest remarks.
“I’m happy to address the substantive challenges facing this country,” said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the effective runner-up to Trump in the Republican primary. “But I have no interest in providing play-by-play color commentary on the ongoing political battles in the presidential battle.”
While Republicans reluctantly endorsing Trump are delicately denouncing his proposals while supporting the nominee himself, the latest round of controversial positions aired by Trump has only emboldened the vocal faction of Republicans at the Capitol who have said they can’t endorse the billionaire mogul.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Friday, May 27.
Russian government hackers broke into DNC servers, stole Trump oppo
By DANIEL STRAUSS
Trump not only repeated his call to bar Muslim immigrants — a plan that would not have applied to Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen born in New York — but also said it should be broadened to countries with a proven history of terrorism against the United States or its allies. The presumptive GOP nominee called for Obama’s resignation over the president’s reluctance to use the label “radical Islam” and accused Obama on Tuesday of “continu[ing] to prioritize our enemy over our allies, and for that matter, the American people.”
Trump also tweeted a self-congratulatory note mere hours after the Orlando massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
“He’s won 13 million votes total so far; he’s got to get 65 million or so to win the general election, which includes a lot of independents and Republicans that don’t feel as he does,” said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who has long been dismayed by Trump. “He can’t win the general election talking the way he is.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) deemed Trump’s suggestion that Obama was sympathizing with Islamic terrorists “highly offensive” and again panned the mogul’s call to bar Muslims from the United States.
“Mr. Trump’s reaction to declare war on the faith is the worst possible solution. You’ll never win this war if you don’t have partners in the faith,” said Graham, a respected national security voice in the GOP. “I have said over and over again, I don’t think he has the judgment, the temperament or the experience to deal with what we’re facing.”
Added Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who isn’t sure she’ll even vote for Trump: “I think his comments are inappropriate when the nation is in mourning over the worst terrorism attack that we’ve had since 9/11.”
Other Republicans tried to make the best of it, pointing out what they saw as bright spots in Trump’s remarks.
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said he found Trump’s post-Orlando comments “very appropriate.” But he quickly clarified that he wasn’t talking about barring Muslims from the United States.
“Sooner or later, you have to say what the reality is. And radical Islam is responsible for destroying this country, and this is probably the most heinous of all their acts,” Inhofe said. “As long as we have an administration that doesn’t recognize that, we’re at war, and everyone knows it except for Hillary and Obama.”


Hill Republicans despondent over Trump - POLITICO

So all these elected representatives reject the wishes off the rank and file who elected them . Sounds like a plan .

 

[Danbones]

"yeah, next the germans took the jews guns away
look what happened after that"


Are you for fukcing real?

what, you a haulocaust denier dude?
read yuour effin history book

6 million dead thay say because they couldn't defend themselves
seriously
you really don't have a clue do you

maybe next time it will be you

LOL yeah.. like.. https://www.facebook.com/greg.nelson.184

boomer and curious canadian
how cute
on your first date?
carefull in those bars boys
its dangerous there

Actually, the Jews of Germany were urbane, sophisticated people for the most part, not like hillbillies from Awe-kinsaw.

?
which one you asspire to be?
put on a train to no where or Hitlary?

 

[B00Mer]

Don't worry BOOMer follow your heart and believe . You know deep down in your heart you are really rooting for TRUMP .

Nope.. but...

If she's a Trump fan, chances are she doesn't have much brains... but with those cans... who cares.

 

[EagleSmack]

Don't worry BOOMer follow your heart and believe . You know deep down in your heart you are really rooting for TRUMP .


.

I think so too.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I think the boobs converted him. Boom always was a sucker for a nice rack.

Get it? Sucker? Rack? Man, I KILL me!

 

[HarperCons]

If Hilary Clinton can't show you how similar the Democrats are to the Republicans, is there hope for you?

 

[coldstream]

Larry who???.. i'm sure he'll bring 100s of thousands if not millions with who were waiting with bated breath for his endorsement. :roll: :lol:

Delusions of frustration from the what-ifs and has-beens or never-were.