Harvard GOP Won't Endorse Party Nominee Trump For First Time In History

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

For the first time in its 128-year history, the Harvard Republican Club said it will not endorse the party's nominee, calling Donald Trump's views "absurdly cruel" in a Medium post published Thursday.

In the post, the group slammed Trump for many of his high-profile gaffes, including mocking a New York Times reporter with disabilities and Trump's more recent war of words with the parents of a fallen Muslim-American soldier.

"The rhetoric he espouses –from racist slander to misogynistic taunts– is not consistent with our conservative principles, and his repeated mocking of the disabled and belittling of the sacrifices made by prisoners of war, Gold Star families, and Purple Heart recipients is not only bad politics, but absurdly cruel," the post read. The group also criticized Trump's "vicious" temperament, a common critique of the GOP nominee.

"In response to any slight –perceived or real– Donald Trump lashes out viciously and irresponsibly," the post read. "In Trump’s eyes, disagreement with his actions or his policies warrants incessant name calling and derision: stupid, lying, fat, ugly, weak, failing, idiot –and that’s just his 'fellow' Republicans."

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[groundloop]

1. A bit more common sense from GOPers

I'm absolutely amazed at how quickly tRump has self destructed. We need him to keep going and take the House and Senate with him.

[Skittles]

2. again

they're all acting like Donald is the first repuke to be racist / misogynist - it's so f***ing self-serving

[oberliner]

3. That's a pretty small club

On Commencement Day, Donald Trump’s level of support looks far different within the gates of Harvard than it does among the American public: Only 4 percent of likely voters polled in the Class of 2016 say they would vote for Donald Trump in a general election matchup against Hillary Clinton, who would get 87 percent of the surveyed senior class’s vote.

http://features.thecrimson.com/2016/senior-survey/election/

[geek tragedy]

4. looking into the mirror can be unsettling for those not prone to reflection nt

[Jopin Klobe]

7. "Navel-gazin' " ...

... George W. Whatshisname

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "mocking of the disabled"

This type of thing was promulgated by the likes of Rushbo the Hutt - notably when he went on an attack against Michael J. Fox regarding his Parkinson's. And that was 10 years ago. In fact, he and his RW talk loons have been uttering and promoting the types of outrageous comments that Trump is putting out there right now, for almost 30 years.

One wonders why it took this long for some of these GOPers to finally speak out.

[warrprayer]

6. Wow

Put a fork in the ass trumpet.

[Jopin Klobe]

8. Save a pretzel for the gas jets ...

[warrprayer]

11. ...

[smirkymonkey]

9. K&R

[NurseJackie]

10. All things considered, that's just as good as an outright endorsement of Hillary.

In my opinion.

[billhicks76]

12. Unfortunately It's Not Smart Voters We Are Worried About

[RealAmericanDem]

13. Way too many big words for Trump supporters.

[Midnight Writer]

14. They are not speaking their conscience so much as jumping from a sinking ship

Really? They are offended by name calling? Have they had no exposure what so ever to Republican politics, conservative media, the Tea Party, the Republican constituency? Talk about Ivory Tower detachment.