Harvard Republican Club announced it would not support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

[kpete]

The Harvard Republican Club announced it would not support Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, and called for Republican leaders to withdraw their support of the candidate they called a “threat to the survival of the Republic” in a press release Thursday.

In the scathing statement, the largest conservative group at Harvard cited “both policy and temperamental concerns” about Trump and condemned his divisive campaign rhetoric they say “is poisoning our country and our children.”

The Republican Club polled its members earlier this week and found that 10 percent of Harvard Republicans intend to support Trump for president, while an “overwhelming majority”—80 percent of polled club members—indicated they would not support the party nominee and 10 percent remained undecided.

“His authoritarian tendencies and flirtations with fascism are unparalleled in the history of our democracy,” the Republican Club said in a statement. “He hopes to divide us by race, by class, and by religion, instilling enough fear and anxiety to propel himself to the White House.”



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http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/8/5/republican-club-not-support-trump/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. Aha!

So intelligence IS a factor!

[Happyhippychick]

2. Beat me to it

[clarice]

3. My husband just got that notice on his super secret Harvard Porcellian Club decoder ring. nt

[RapSoDee]

7. The Porkers (R - Gravy)

This is a 2016 headline:
Porcellian Club, Harvard's Oldest, Warns Against Women Members

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/porcellian-club-harvard-s-oldest-warns-against-women-members-n555576

[clarice]

9. LOL. nt

[trotsky]

4. Drumpf loves the poorly educated for a reason. n/t

[KamaAina]

5. “He hopes to divide us by race, by class, and by religion, instilling enough fear and anxiety"

“to propel himself to the White House.”

In other words, he's a Republican.

[Lefthacker]

6. Great to hear but not surprised

One of my closest friends went to Harvard Business School. He is Republican, his best friend in the world was a major donor for W. He told me months ago that he and his buddy would never support Trump. They might not openly support Hillary and might not even vote for her but they will not pull the lever for Trump. Intelligent people have had this view for a while now. The rest of the world is now catching up.

[smirkymonkey]

8. K&R