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When faced with the dilemma of placing your trust in someone despite receiving cautionary advice from those close to them, what course of action should you take?
Imagine that members of his own family, as well as individuals who have had direct professional interactions with him, are voicing concerns about his suitability for the highest office in the United States.
In such a situation, should you carefully consider and heed their warnings?
Here’s who have voiced concerned about him:
Family members
Previous close staff members
Members of his own party
What His former staff and family say about Him
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Mark Esper, Former Secretary of Defense
"No, and I’ll tell you why. Because in my view, any elected leader needs to meet some basic criteria: they need to be able to put country over self, they need to have a certain amount of integrity and principle, they need to be able to reach across the aisle and bring people together and unite the country. Look, Donald Trump doesn’t meet those marks for me"
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Alyssa Farah Griffin, Former White House communications director
“Donald Trump is wholly unfit for office and a clear and present danger to democracy. Republicans, please take him on"
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Mike Pence, his VP
“The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution. … Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States.”
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James Mattis, his first secretary of defense
"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."
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Maryanne Trump, sister
“His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God”
"It's the phoniness and this cruelty”
“All he wants to do is appeal to his base”
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Mary Trump, niece
“Donald's pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would require a full battery of psychological and neuropsychological tests that he'll never sit for”
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John Kelly, former Chief of Staff
“a person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators”
“has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.”
Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham
Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham describes how Trump really feels about his supporters and why finally made her quit.
Republican Mayor John Giles
Lifelong Republican John Giles calls on moderates to put country first.
Fred Trump III
Fred Trump III talks about his family’s history with dementia and the signs of it he sees in Donald.
Republican Voters
“These are former Donald Trump voters. They supported him and his policies in the past. But now, they refuse to support him for president again. Watch them explain in their own words why they’re voting against their party to ensure that Trump never holds office again.”
“The pandemic opened my eyes to just how dangerous Donald Trump was and is for our democracy”
“I’m a former two-time Trump voter, but for the first time in over 50 years of voting in presidential elections, I will not vote Republican.”
Hear why these former Trump voters don’t believe he should ever hold office again.
She once stormed the Capitol for Trump.
Now, she’ll be supporting Kamala Harris in November
“I didn’t realize that brainwashing was happening with Trump in 2016…this is how they would talk to me. ‘Pam, you know, the Democrats…are trying to take over. They’re getting more aggressive.’ I tend to believe them. You know, I wasn’t doing my own research.”
Pamela Hemphill stormed the Capitol.
She was arrested.
She realized she was brainwashed. Now, she’ll be supporting Kamala Harris.
Her story is yet, another warning for Trump’s supporters.
Are you positive you’re not being brainwashed? Have you looked at the definition and characteristics of a demagogue?
Prominent Republicans
Former elected officials and party leaders are making a case for supporting Harris and Walz.
“You have to publicly out yourself: ‘I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, and I’m supporting Kamala Harris.’
It takes courage, but remember: Donald Trump is unfit to be president.”
More than 200 Bush, McCain and Romney Alumni endorse Harris
“We reunite today, joined by new George H.W. Bush alumni, to reinforce our 2020 statements and, for the first time, jointly declare that we’re voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz this November.
Of course, we have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz. That’s to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable.”
See their open letter
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project is an American political action committee (PAC) formed in late 2019 by a group of former and current Republicans. Its primary mission was to prevent the re-election of President Donald Trump and defeat Trumpism, which they view as a threat to American democracy.
The founders include notable figures such as George Conway, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver, and Rick Wilson.
Trump is exactly who he was 20 years ago
“Every day with Donald Trump is just more of the same.
More lies, evasions and attacks.
He’s just as selfish, small , petty, and full of hate and vengeance as he ever was.”
The Stakes are high
“Republicans, Democrats and Independents standing together.
We don’t agree on everything, but we all agree on one big thing:
Donald Trump will destroy this nation”
Additional References
List of Republicans who oppose his 2024 presidential campaign
These prominent Republicans are speaking out against [his] 2024 run
24 former Trump allies and aides who turned against him
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/donald-trump-former-allies-what-matters/index.html
Trump’s sister says he's an 'unprincipled phoney'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53881222