Sandy Thomas

State College

There have always been voters registered as Party A who vote for presidential candidates nominated by Party B. We remember “Democrats for Reagan” in 1980, “Republicans for Clinton” in 2016, and “Republicans for Biden” in 2020. The Lincoln Project, made up mostly of Republicans, was strongly supportive of the Democratic candidate in 2016 and 2020.

Now, In 2024, we have a new group: “Republicans (Who Worked for Trump) for Biden.” It is one thing to have current (or former) Republicans, such as Michael Steele, Stuart Stevens, Steve Schmidt and many others, voice their opposition to the candidacy of Donald Trump, but when this includes actual members of the Trump Administration we should sit up and take notice.

Mark Esper, Trump’s Secretary of Defense, has said, “I regard him as a threat to democracy.”

General John Kelly, Trump’s Chief of Staff, referred to him as “the most flawed individual I have ever met.”

Bill Barr, Trump’s Attorney General, testified to the House January 6 Committee, “Donald Trump should not be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office ever again.”

Chris Christie, who endorsed Trump in the 2016 election and served as Chairperson of his transition team, now calls Trump “unfit to be President.”

Perhaps Rex Tillerson, Trump’s first Secretary of State, said it best: “He’s a (expletive) moron!”

It would be helpful if these people, who really know him, would publicly speak out more frequently, and we voters should be influenced by them.