Georgia College Republicans Chairman Disavows Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s recently revealed statements about women are nauseating and insulting. But this is only one in a series of cases where Trump’s character has been questioned. He has insulted our veterans, Gold Star families, the disabled, immigrants, political refugees, and countless other groups without serious remorse. He hurts America’s international reputation, compels our allies to question our commitment to them, and yet hopes to command the most powerful military in the world in a time of great change. Ignorance of important issues is fixable; character flaws are not. Whoever we choose to lead our country ought to represent the best of what our country can offer. Trump does not fit that mold.
Therefore, I will not support nor vote for Donald Trump for President.
While some College Republican chapters, including those at Penn State, Harvard, and Yale have refused to endorse Trump, Mancil may be the first state chairman to do so. Trump’s support among millennials, especially younger ones, is much lower than other demographic groups. and dealing with his candidacy has proven to be a challenge for College Republican chapters nationwide. However, shortly after Mancil made his statement, the chairwoman of the College Republican National Committee tweeted her disapproval of the candidate.
The Party of Lincoln is not a locker room, and there is no place for people who think it is. Definitely not with her, but not with him.
— Alex Smith (@AlexandraCSmith) October 8, 2016
In a statement to GeorgiaPol, Mancil said, “Many people say we have to elect Trump because our country’s future depends on it. I disagree. Our country’s future relies on principled leaders standing up to someone who violates our values on a daily basis. We can promote prosperity through Republican leadership in the House and Senate, both of which are tenuous with Trump’s vitriol.”
For his part, Mancil, who previously served as chairman of the Georgia Teen Republicans, isn’t giving up on November. He planned to spend the afternoon campaigning for down ticket candidates on the November ballot.
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Recently? They’ve got to be kidding. It must’ve been the p-word, since Trump has made nauseating and insulting statements about women for years.
Here’s 18 statements from Trump about women that were available to College Republicans months before he became the nominee and they were supporting him.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/18-real-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-women_us_55d356a8e4b07addcb442023
“which the candidate described in graphic terms an attempt to seduce an unknown woman”
Jon, in the interests of accuracy, please replace ‘seduce’ with ‘sexually assault’.
I’m not ragging on Mancil because he’s just following the lead of many of his GOP elders, but what the hell happened Friday that’s worse in kind or degree than the rest of Trump’s public performances? Trump clearly lacks the skills, training, judgement, and temperament to be potus, yet it takes a video and some coarse language to make many people admit there’s more to politics than partisanship.
Demonizing American Muslims, calling Mexicans rapists, insulting McCain and other POWs, picking a fight with the Khans, saying he didn’t know enough about David Duke to denounce him, saying women should be punished for having abortions, threatening to jail his enemies in the media, suggesting Hillary Clinton should be shot, holding on to his birtherism, embracing alt-right supporters, claiming border guards are letting illegals pass so they can vote for Clinton, inviting Russian hackers in — it’s been 18 months of clown-car crazy and offensiveness from Trump. Most gopers have been fine with that.
Remember when many women became courageous enough to come forward about Bill Cosby after a very few did so?
Perhaps there’s a dam poised to break on serial philander Trump. Note to Trump supporters: It’s the rigged liberal media telling more lies so don’t waster your time on the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-erin-burnett-video_us_57f83edce4b0b6a430326776
What’s so twisted about it all is that it’s private statements of a kind to be expected based on Trump’s public statements that have raised all the commotion. Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, must be a duck is apparently a novel idea in the GOP.