{"id":2331292,"date":"2024-08-26T18:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-downplays-harris-endorsement-from-ex-gop-staffers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T18:47:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:47:23","slug":"trump-team-downplays-harris-endorsement-from-ex-gop-staffers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-downplays-harris-endorsement-from-ex-gop-staffers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump team downplays Harris endorsement from ex-GOP staffers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-team-downplays-harris-endorsement-from-ex-gop-staffers-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump campaign has downplayed an\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-governor-abbott-endorses-trump\/\" title=\"Texas Governor Abbott Endorses Trump\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sick-of-communist-like-censorship-heres-a-list-of-popular-uncensored-media-options\/\" title=\"Sick Of Communist-Like Censorship? Here\u2019s A List Of Popular Uncensored Media Options\">endorsement<\/a> received<\/a> by Vice President Kamala Harris from over 200 former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouris-republican-governor-says-gop-lawmakers-tried-to-embarrass-him-in-disgusting-scheme\/\" title=\"Missouri\u2019s Republican Governor Says GOP Lawmakers Tried To \u2018Embarrass\u2019 Him In \u2018Disgusting Scheme\u2019\">staff members<\/a> of Republican presidents and presidential nominees, including George W.\u2064 Bush, George \u2063H.W. Bush, John McCain,\u200d and Mitt Romney. This\u200c endorsement, which\u2063 criticizes Donald Trump as a threat to democracy, \u200bwas highlighted in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-push-for-another-round-of-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Economists Push for Another Round of Stimulus Checks\">open letter<\/a> signed by\u200b 238 individuals, prompting a mock response from Trump campaign spokesman Steven\u200b Cheung. Cheung dismissed the signatories as largely unknown and accused \u200dthem of preferring to see the \u200ccountry suffer rather than support \u2062Trump\u2019s \u2062return to the\u2063 White \u200bHouse. The \u200dletter reiterated that \u200cwhile the signers hold ideological differences\u200b with Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim\u200b Walz, they believe voting for them\u200d is necessary to avoid an &#8220;untenable&#8221; alternative, \u200cimplying continued opposition\u2062 to Trump. This situation reflects\u2064 a similar anti-Trump sentiment observed during the 2020 election when some\u200b Republicans supported Joe \u200cBiden.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump campaign downplays Harris endorsement from Bush, McCain, Romney alums<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726250\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Trump campaign minimized the endorsement Vice President Kamala Harris received in a Monday letter from more than 200 ex-staffers to four Republican presidents or presidential nominees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 238 signatories of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25071901-bush-mccain-and-romney-alumni-for-harris-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>open letter<\/a>, who worked for former Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George W. Bush\">George W. Bush<\/a> and the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/700520\/george-hw-bush-snubbed-trump-at-airport-by-hiding-behind-a-newspaper-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George H.W. Bush\">George H.W. Bush<\/a>, the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), criticized former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy, eliciting a clap-back from the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hilarious because nobody knows who these people are,&rdquo; Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;They would rather see the country burn down than to see President Trump successfully return to the White House to Make America Great Again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The GOP opposition was reminiscent of a similar anti-Trump group that backed President Joe Biden in 2020. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-craziest-meeting-of-trump-era-top-trump-official-combatted-conspiracies-was-primed-to-brawl\/\" title=\"In \u2018Craziest Meeting\u2019 Of Trump-Era, Top Trump Official Combatted Conspiracies: \u2018Was Primed To Brawl\u2019\">group included<\/a> former McCain chiefs of staff Mark Salter and Chris Koch, former McCain Legislative Director Joe Donoghue, McCain&rsquo;s 2008 campaign press secretary Jennifer Lux, and George H.W. Bush chief of staff Jean Becker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&rsquo;re voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz this November,&rdquo; the letter stated. &ldquo;Of course, we have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz. That&rsquo;s to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans credited Biden&rsquo;s win to &ldquo;moderate Republicans and conservative independents in key swing states&rdquo; based on exit polling.<\/p>\n<p>The group also criticized Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;chaotic leadership&rdquo; and the conservative Project 2025 road map for a second term that Trump has distanced himself from and said the plan would &ldquo;hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Abroad, democratic movements will be irreparably jeopardized as Trump and his acolyte JD Vance kowtow to dictators like Vladimir Putin while turning their backs on our allies,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other signatories included Reed Galen, McCain deputy campaign manager and Lincoln Project co-founder; Jim Swift, ex-GOP operative and senior <em>Bulwark<\/em> editor; former McCain campaign strategist Mike Murphy; Romney 2012 Campaign Finance Chairman David Nierenberg; George W. Bush Undersecretary of Energy David Garman; and Olivia Troye, former adviser to George W. Bush and Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<p>Troye was one of several Republicans who spoke at last week&rsquo;s Democratic National Convention in Chicago in support of Harris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726250\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726250\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump campaign has downplayed the endorsement that Vice President Kamala Harris received in a letter on Monday from over 200 former staff members of four Republican presidents and presidential candidates. The open letter, signed by 238 individuals who previously worked for George W. Bush, the late George H.W. Bush, the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), labeled former President Donald Trump as a danger to democracy, prompting a response from the Trump campaign. Spokesman Steven Cheung remarked to the Washington Examiner that it was &#8220;hilarious&#8221; because most people are unfamiliar with these signatories. He added that they would prefer to see the country suffer rather than allow Trump to return to office and &#8220;Make America Great Again.&#8221; This GOP opposition echoes a similar anti-Trump group that supported President Joe Biden in 2020, which included notable figures such as Mark Salter and Chris Koch, both former chiefs of staff for McCain. The letter expressed their intention to vote for Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz this November while acknowledging their ideological differences with them but deeming Trump&#8217;s alternative unacceptable. They attributed Biden&#8217;s victory to moderate Republicans and conservative independents in crucial swing states based on exit polls and criticized Trump&#8217;s &#8220;chaotic leadership&#8221; along with his Project 2025 plan for its potential negative impact on everyday Americans and democratic movements abroad. Other notable signatories included Reed Galen of the Lincoln Project, Jim Swift from The Bulwark, Mike Murphy who strategized for McCain&#8217;s campaign, David Nierenberg from Romney\u2019s 2012 team, David Garman who served under George W. Bush, and Olivia Troye who advised both George W. Bush and Vice President Mike Pence; Troye also spoke at last week&#8217;s Democratic National Convention supporting Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2331293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-endorsed-staffers-romney-bush-mccain-scaled-1024x804.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13348,6203,4021,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2331292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-endorsement","tag-gop","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-endorsed-staffers-romney-bush-mccain-scaled-1024x804.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}