Never Trump Conservatives Find a Candidate Willing to Oppose Trump
The Never Trump conservatives have finally found a candidate willing to enter the presidential race.
Evan McMullin, the former policy director for the House Republican Conference and a CIA staffer, announced his bid on his website Monday morning.
“In a year where Americans have lost faith in the candidates of both major parties, it’s time for a generation of new leadership to step up,” McMullin said in a statement to ABC News.
“It’s never too late to do the right thing, and America deserves much better than either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton can offer us. I humbly offer myself as a leader who can give millions of disaffected Americans a conservative choice for President.”
ICYMI: Anti-Trump Republican @Evan_McMullin to launch independent bid for presidency https://t.co/MrTNWV4Nec pic.twitter.com/UCRRKpzaEQ
— POLITICO (@politico) August 8, 2016
“Evan has spent his entire career in service to our nation and today he’s continuing on that path as a candidate for president — he is running first and foremost out of a deep love for this country, and because he understands the true brand of American leadership that is required to be Commander-in-Chief,” McMullin’s campaign wrote in a message to supporters.
The deadline to file for president has already passed in more than two dozen states, according to the New York Times, so the independent bid is clearly aimed at thwarting Trump, not actually winning the White House.
McMullin, who is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, is likely to have the greatest impact in Utah, where Trump is currently polling at 35 percent to Hillary Clinton’s 25 percent and Gary Johnson 16 percent, according UtahPolicy.com.
Utah is a solid red state whose six Electoral College votes Republican presidential candidates have been able to count on.
McMullin is said to be backed by the group Better for America, which is funded by John Kingston, a former supporter of Mitt Romney, the Times reported. (For more from the author of “Never Trump Conservatives Find a Candidate Willing to Oppose Trump” please click HERE)
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