'This Is Not My Party': George Will Goes from GOP to Unaffiliated
By Nicholas Ballasy
June 24, 2016
Political columnist George Will answers audience questions during a meeting of The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan on Nov. 4, 2015, in Benton Township, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
WASHINGTON Conservative columnist George Will told PJM he has officially left the Republican Party and urged conservatives not to support presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump even if it leads to a Democratic victory in the 2016 presidential election.
Will, who writes for the Washington Post, acknowledged it is a little too late for the Republican Party to find a replacement for Trump but had a message for Republican voters.
Make sure he loses. Grit their teeth for four years and win the White House, Will said during an interview after his speech at a Federalist Society luncheon.
Will said he changed his voter registration this month from Republican to unaffiliated in the state of Maryland.
This is not my party, Will said during his speech at the event.
He mentioned House Speaker Paul Ryans (R-Wis.) endorsement of Trump as one of the factors that led him to leave the party.
Will, a Fox News contributor, said a President Trump with no opposition from a Republican-led Congress would be worse than a Hillary Clinton presidency with a Republican-led Congress.
Will did not say if he would vote for the Libertarian Party nominee, former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-N.M.), telling the crowd he does not know whether or not the Libertarian ticket is going to help or hurt Clinton.
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