The following is a reprint (excluding the footnotes) of the wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_opposing_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016
List of Republicans opposing Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
Public officials[edit]
Former Presidents[edit]
Former President George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush, President of the United States (1989–93); Vice President of the United States (1981–89) (sources say he will vote for Hillary Clinton)[1][2]
Former 2016 Republican presidential primary candidates[edit]
All candidates signed a pledge to eventually support the party nominee. The following have refused to honor it.
Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida (1999–2007)[3]
Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard (1999–2005); 2010 nominee for U.S. Senator from California (withdrew endorsement, called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[4][5]
Lindsey Graham, United States Senator from South Carolina (2003–present)[6]
John Kasich, Governor of Ohio (2011–present); U.S. Representative from Ohio (1983–2001)[7] (wrote in John McCain) [8]
George Pataki, Governor of New York (1995–2006)[9]
Former federal cabinet-level officials[edit]
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
William Bennett, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1989–90); United States Secretary of Education (1985–99) (withdrew endorsement)[10]
Bill Brock, United States Secretary of Labor (1985-87); United States Trade Representative (1981-85); U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1971-77); Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1977-81)[11]
Michael Chertoff, United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2005–09); Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2003–05) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[12][13]
Bill Cohen, United States Secretary of Defense (1997–2001); United States Senator from Maine (1979–97) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[14][15]
Robert Gates, United States Secretary of Defense (2006–11); Director of Central Intelligence (1991–93)[16]
Carlos Gutierrez, United States Secretary of Commerce (2005–09) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Carla Anderson Hills, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1975–77), United States Trade Representative (1989–93) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[12][17]
Ray LaHood, United States Secretary of Transportation (2009–13), U.S. Representative from Illinois (1995–2009)[18]
Greg Mankiw, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (2003–05)[19]
Mel Martinez, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2001–03); United States Senator from Florida (2005–09); General Chair of the Republican National Committee (2007)[20][21]
Michael Mukasey, United States Attorney General (2007–09)[22]
John Negroponte, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2001–04); Director of National Intelligence (2005–07); United States Deputy Secretary of State (2007–09) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[12][17]
Henry Paulson, United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006–09) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[23]
Rob Portman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2006–07); United States Trade Representative (2005–06); United States Senator from Ohio (2011–present) (withdrew endorsement, writing-in Mike Pence)[24]
Colin Powell, United States Secretary of State (2001–05), National Security Advisor (1987–89) (voting for Hillary Clinton)[25]
William K. Reilly, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1989–92) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State (2005–09), National Security Advisor (2001–09) (called on Trump to withdraw candidacy)[26]
Tom Ridge, United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–05); Homeland Security Advisor (2001–03); Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001)[12][27][28]
William Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1970–73, 1983–85) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
George P. Shultz, United States Secretary of Labor (1969–70); Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1970–72); United States Secretary of the Treasury (1972–74); United States Secretary of State (1982–89)[19]
Louis Wade Sullivan, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989–93) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[29]
Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2001–03); Governor of New Jersey (1994–2001) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[30]
Robert Zoellick, United States Deputy Secretary of State (2005–06); U.S. Trade Representative (2001–05); President of the World Bank Group (2007–12)[12]
Governors[edit]
Current
Ohio Governor John Kasich
Charlie Baker, Massachusetts (2015–present)[31]
Robert J. Bentley, Alabama (2011–present) (withdrew endorsement)[32]
Dennis Daugaard, South Dakota (2011–present) (withdrew endorsement, called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[33]
Bill Haslam, Tennessee (2011–present)[34]
Gary Herbert, Utah (2009–present) (withdrew endorsement)[35]
Larry Hogan, Maryland (2015–present)[36][37]
Susana Martinez, New Mexico (2011–present); Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2015–present)[38]
Brian Sandoval, Nevada (2011–present) (withdrew endorsement)[39]
Rick Snyder, Michigan (2011–present)[40]
Former
Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 nominee for President Mitt Romney
Arne Carlson, Minnesota (1991–99) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia (1970–74); Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1974–75) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[41]
Jon Huntsman Jr., Utah (2005–09); United States Ambassador to China (2009–11); United States Ambassador to Singapore (1992–93) (withdrew endorsement)[42]
William Milliken, Michigan (1969–83) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[43]
Kay A. Orr, Nebraska (1987–91)[44]
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota (2003–11) (withdrew endorsement)[45]
Marc Racicot, Montana (1993–01); Chair of the Republican National Committee (2001–03)[46]
Mitt Romney, Massachusetts (2003–07), 2012 nominee for President[47]
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California (2003–11)[48]
William Weld, Massachusetts (1991–97) (2016 Libertarian nominee for Vice President)[49]
U.S. Senators[edit]
Arizona Senator and 2008 nominee for President John McCain
Current
Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire (2011–present) (withdrew intended vote, writing-in Mike Pence)[50]
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia (2015–present) (withdrew endorsement)[51]
Susan Collins, Maine (1997–present)[52]
Jeff Flake, Arizona (2013–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[53][54]
Cory Gardner, Colorado (2015–present) (withdrew endorsement, called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy, writing-in Mike Pence)[55]
Dean Heller, Nevada (2011–present)[56]
Mark Kirk, Illinois (2010–present) (withdrew endorsement, writing-in Colin Powell)[37]
Mike Lee, Utah (2011–present)[57]
John McCain, Arizona (1987–present); 2008 nominee for President (withdrew endorsement)[58]
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska (2002–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[59]
Rob Portman, Ohio (2010-present) [60]
Ben Sasse, Nebraska (2015–present)[20][61]
Dan Sullivan, Alaska (2015–present) (withdrew endorsement, called on Trump to withdraw candidacy, writing-in Mike Pence)[62]
John Thune, South Dakota (2005–present) (withdrew endorsement, called on Trump to withdraw candidacy)[63]
Former
Norm Coleman, Minnesota (2003–09)[28][64]
David Durenberger, Minnesota (1978–95) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Slade Gorton, Washington (1981–87, 1989–2001) (endorsed Evan McMullin)[65]
Gordon J. Humphrey, New Hampshire (1979–90) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[66][67]
John Warner, Virginia (1979–2009); United States Secretary of the Navy (1972–74) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[68]
U.S. Representatives[edit]
Nevada U.S. Representative and 2016 nominee for U.S. Senate Joe Heck
Current
Justin Amash, Michigan (2011–present)[28]
Mike Coffman, Colorado (2009–present)[69]
Barbara Comstock, Virginia (2015–present)[70]
Carlos Curbelo, Florida (2015–present)[20][71]
Rodney Davis, Illinois (2013–present) (withdrew endorsement)[72]
Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania (2005–present)[73]
Bob Dold, Illinois (2011–13, 2015–present)[28][74]
Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska (2005–present) (withdrew endorsement)[72]
Scott Garrett, New Jersey (2003–present) (withdrew endorsement)[72]
Kay Granger, Texas (1997–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[75]
Richard L. Hanna, New York (2011–present) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[28][76]
Cresent Hardy, Nevada (2015–present) (withdrew endorsement)[77]
Joe Heck, Nevada (2011–present); 2016 nominee for U.S. Senate (withdrew endorsement)[77]
Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington (2011–present) (writing-in Paul Ryan)[78]
Will Hurd, Texas (2015–present)[79]
David Jolly, Florida (2014–present)[80]
John Katko, New York (2015–present)[81]
Adam Kinzinger, Illinois (2011–present)[82]
Steve Knight, California (2015–present)[83]
Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey (1995–present) (withdrew endorsement, writing-in Mike Pence)[84]
Mia Love, Utah (2015–present)[85]
Pat Meehan, Pennsylvania (2011–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[84]
Erik Paulsen, Minnesota (2009–present) (withdrew endorsement)[86]
Reid Ribble, Wisconsin (2011–present)[28]
Scott Rigell, Virginia (2011–present) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[20]
Martha Roby, Alabama (2011–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[87][88]
Tom Rooney, Florida (2009–present) (withdrew endorsement)[72]
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida (1989–present)[28]
Mike Simpson, Idaho (1999–present) (withdrew endorsement)[10]
Fred Upton, Michigan (1987–present)[89]
David Valadao, California (2013–present)[90]
Ann Wagner, Missouri (2013–present) (withdrew endorsement)[91]
Host of Morning Joe on MSNBC and former U.S. Representative from Florida Joe Scarborough
Former
Steve Bartlett, Texas (1983–91)[92]
Bob Bauman, Maryland (1973–81)[92]
Sherwood Boehlert, New York (1993–2007) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[93]
Jack Buechner, Missouri (1987–91)[92]
Tom Campbell, California (1989–93, 1995–2001) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[94]
Bill Clinger, Pennsylvania (1979–97)[92]
Tom Coleman, Missouri (1976–93)[92]
Geoff Davis, Kentucky (2005–12)[92]
Mickey Edwards, Oklahoma (1977–93)[92]
Harris Fawell, Illinois (1985–99)[92]
Ed Foreman, Texas (1963–65, 1969–71)[92]
Amo Houghton, New York (1987–2005)[92]
Bob Inglis, South Carolina (1993–99, 2005–11)[28]
Jim Kolbe, Arizona (1985–2007) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[95]
Steve Kuykendall, California (1999–2001)[92]
Jim Leach, Iowa (1977–2007)[92]
Pete McCloskey, California (1967–83)[92]
Connie Morella, Maryland (1987–2003) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Mike Parker, Mississippi (1989–99); Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (2001–02)[92]
Ron Paul, Texas (1976–77, 1979–85, 1997–2013)[96]
Tom Petri, Wisconsin (1979–2015)[92]
John Porter, Illinois (1980–2001)[92]
Joe Scarborough, Florida (1995–2001); commentator and author[97]
Claudine Schneider, Rhode Island (1981–91) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[93]
Chris Shays, Connecticut (1987–2009) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Peter Smith, Vermont (1989–11)[92]
Mark Souder, Indiana (1995–2010)[98]
J.C. Watts, Oklahoma (1995–2003)[20]
Edward Weber, Ohio (1981–83)[92]
Vin Weber, Minnesota (1983–93)[99]
G. William Whitehurst, Virginia (1969–87)[92]
Dick Zimmer, New Jersey (1991–97) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[100]
Former State Department officials[edit]
Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[101]
John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser of the Department of State; Legal Adviser to the National Security Council[12]
Robert Blackwill, United States Ambassador to India; Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[12][17]
R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; United States Ambassador to NATO; United States Ambassador to Greece (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[102]
Eliot A. Cohen, Counselor of the United States Department of State[12][20]
Chester Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[22]
Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[12]
James K. Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
David F. Gordon, Director of Policy Planning[12]
Donald Gregg, United States Ambassador to South Korea[19]
David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
John Hillen, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs[12]
Reuben Jeffery III, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment[12]
Robert Joseph, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs[22]
David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor[12]
Stephen D. Krasner, Director of Policy Planning[22]
Frank Lavin, United States Ambassador to Singapore; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Robert McCallum, United States Ambassador to Australia; Acting United States Deputy Attorney General[12]
Richard Miles, United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, and Georgia; Acting United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan[22]
Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs[22]
John Osborn, Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy[22]
Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs[12]
William Howard Taft IV, Legal Adviser of the Department of State; United States Ambassador to NATO; United States Deputy Secretary of Defense[12]
Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor for Women’s Empowerment; Special Assistant to the President for Democracy, Human Rights and International Operations (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[12][17]
Betty Tamposi, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[103]
Peter Teeley, United States Ambassador to Canada (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Robert Tuttle, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[104]
Philip Zelikow, Counselor of the United States Department of State[12]
Former Defense Department officials[edit]
Don Bacon, Brigadier General, United States Air Force; 2016 nominee for Nebraska’s 2nd district (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[105]
Seth Cropsey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities[22]
Michael B. Donley, United States Secretary of the Air Force (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Eric Edelman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy[12]
Doug Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy[106]
Robert Hastings, Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs[22]
Tim Kane, United States Air Force intelligence officer; Chief Labor Economist, Joint Economic Committee[22]
Mary Beth Long, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[12]
Alberto J. Mora, General Counsel of the Navy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Gale Pollock, Acting Surgeon General of the United States Army (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Martha Rainville, Major General, United States Air Force; Vermont Adjutant General[22]
Michael Rubin, Defense Country Director for Iran and Iraq[22]
Kalev Sepp, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Capabilities[22]
Matthew Waxman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[10][12]
Paul Wolfowitz, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense; President of the World Bank Group (voting for Clinton)[107]
Dov Zakheim, Comptroller of the Department of Defense[12]
Former National Security officials[edit]
Ken Adelman, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[10][22]
Mike Baker, covert operations officer, Central Intelligence Agency[22]
Tom Donnelly, Director of the Policy Group, House Armed Services Committee[22]
Gary Edson, Deputy National Security Advisor[12]
Richard Falkenrath, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor[12]
Peter Feaver, Senior Director for Strategic Planning[12]
Aaron Friedberg, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President[12]
Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cyber Security and Telecommunications[22]
Michael Green, Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council[12]
Paul Haenle, Director for China and Taiwan, National Security Council[12]
Michael Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2006–09)[12]
William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council[12]
James Jeffrey, Deputy National Security Advisor[12]
James C. Langdon, Jr., Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board[12]
Deborah Loewer, Director of the White House Situation Room (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[108]
Evan McMullin, Operations officer, Central Intelligence Agency; Senior Adviser for National Security, House Foreign Affairs Committee (Independent candidate for President)[109][110]
Paul D. Miller, Director for Afghanistan, National Security Council[22]
Meghan O’Sullivan, Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan[12]
Kori Schake, Director of Defense Strategy, National Security Council[12]
Gary Schmitt, Executive Director of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board[22]
Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor (1975–77, 1989–93); Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (2001–05) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
David Shedd, Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency[22]
Stephen Slick, Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, National Security Council[12]
Frances Townsend, Homeland Security Advisor[22]
Kenneth Wainstein, Homeland Security Advisor[12]
Other former federal government officials[edit]
Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President and founder of The Weekly Standard Bill Kristol
Donald B. Ayer, United States Deputy Attorney General[12]
Phillip D. Brady, White House Staff Secretary; White House Cabinet Secretary (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[108]
Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney[111]
Linda Chavez, Director of the Office of Public Liaison; 1986 nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland[28]
Jim Cicconi, White House Staff Secretary (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Scott Evertz, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Tony Fratto, Deputy White House Press Secretary[112]
Charles Fried, United States Solicitor General; Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[113]
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Commissioner of Internal Revenue (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Hugh Hewitt, Assistant White House Counsel; conservative radio host (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[114]
Theodore Kassinger, United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce[12]
Bill Kristol, Chief of Staff to the Vice President (endorsed Evan McMullin)[115]
Rosario Marin, Treasurer of the United States (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[116]
John McKay, former United States Attorney (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[117]
Andrew Natsios, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development; Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party[12]
Daniel F. Runde, Director of the Global Development Alliance[22]
Larry D. Thompson, United States Deputy Attorney General[12]
Dan Webb, former United States Attorney (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[118]
Peter Wehner, Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives[10]
Lezlee Westine, Director of the Office of Public Liaison (2001–2005) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[99][119]
Peter Zeidenberg, Assistant United States Attorney[111]
Statewide officials[edit]
Current
Brian Calley, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (2011–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[120]
Spencer Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah (2013–present)[121]
Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey (2010–present)[122]
Former
Paul Anderson, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1994–2013) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[123]
Greg Bell, Lieutenant Governor of Utah (2009–13) (endorsed Evan McMullin)[124]
Bob Brown, Secretary of State of Montana (2001–05) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[125]
Betty Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio (1995–2003), Ohio State Auditor (2003–07)[126]
Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah (2001–13) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[127]
Robert Smith, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (2004–14) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[128]
Michael Steele, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003–07) and RNC Chair (2009–11)[129]
Diana Taylor, New York Superintendent of Banks (2003–07) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[130]
Grant Woods, Attorney General of Arizona (1991–99) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[131]
State legislators[edit]
Current
Jack Ciattarelli, New Jersey State Representative (2011–present) (withdrew endorsement)[122]
Kurt Daudt, Minnesota State Representative (2011–present), Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2015–present) (called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy)[132]
David Johnson, Iowa State Senator (2003–present)[37][133]
Mark B. Madsen, Utah State Senator (2005–present) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[134]
Charisse Millett, Alaska State Representative (2009–present), Majority Leader (2015–present) (withdrew endorsement)[135][136]
Ross Spano, Florida State Representative (2012–present)[80]
Joe Sweeney, New Hampshire State Representative (2012–present) (withdrew endorsement)[137]
Former
Lois Sherman Hagarty, Pennsylvania State Representative (1980–92)[138]
Brian Lees, Massachusetts State Senator (1989–2007), Minority Leader (1993–2007)[139]
Jack McGregor, Pennsylvania State Senator (1963–70) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[108]
Will Weatherford, Florida State Representative (2006–14), Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2012–14)[140]
Municipal officials[edit]
Joel Giambra, former Erie County Executive (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[141]
Carlos A. Giménez, Mayor of Miami-Dade County (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[142]
Danny Jones, Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia (endorsed Gary Johnson)[143][144]
Aimee Winder Newton, Member of the Salt Lake County Council (withdrew endorsement)[145]
Tomás Regalado, Mayor of Miami[146]
Other notable individuals[edit]
Republican Party figures[edit]
George Will, conservative commentator
Steve Baer, fundraiser[147]
Max Boot, author (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[28]
Ellen Bork, political consultant[22]
Marvin Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, brother of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush (endorsed Gary Johnson)[148]
Al Cardenas, former chair of the Republican Party of Florida[72]
Patrick Chovanec, economist[22]
Mindy Finn, political consultant, strategist, and activist (Independent running mate for Evan McMullin)[149]
Darryl Glenn, 2016 nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado (withdrew endorsement)[150]
Juan Hernandez, political consultant, co-founder of Hispanic Republicans of Texas (endorsed Gary Johnson)[151]
Matt Higgins, former press secretary for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Robert Kagan, former foreign policy advisor and speechwriter (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[28]
Matt Kibbe, libertarian ideals advocate[28]
Jimmy LaSalvia, co-founder of GOProud (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Kevin Madden, spokesperson for 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney[20]
Ken Mehlman, former Chair of the Republican National Committee[28]
Mike Murphy, political consultant and commentator (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[152]
Patrick Ruffini, political strategist[28]
Mark Salter, chief aide to John McCain (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[153]
Randy Scheunemann, national security and foreign policy advisor[22]
Steve Schmidt, campaign strategist[154]
Gabriel Schoenfeld, former Senior Advisor to 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney[28]
Lionel Sosa, political consultant (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[155]
A. J. Spiker, Chair of the Iowa Republican Party[156]
Ben Stein, former speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford[28]
Stuart Stevens, political consultant and strategist[28]
Mac Stipanovich, strategist and lobbyist; former Chief of Staff to Bob Martinez (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[157]
John Weaver, strategist (called on Trump and Pence to withdraw their candidacies)[158]
Conservative academics, journalists and commentators[edit]
Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar and Director of Japanese Studies at the American Enterprise Institute[22]
Glenn Beck, former Fox News host, radio host, columnist, and author (endorsed Darrell Castle)[159]
Guy Benson, journalist[112]
Michael Berry, radio host[28]
L. Brent Bozell III, activist and writer[28]
David Brooks, columnist[160]
Christine Caine, evangelical author[161]
Steven G. Calabresi, legal scholar and co-founder of the Federalist Society[162]
Mona Charen, columnist and author[28]
Lanhee Chen, academic and commentator[19]
Joshua Claybourn, attorney, author, and former convention delegate[163][164]
Ross Douthat, columnist[37]
Daniel W. Drezner, blogger[22]
Richard Epstein, legal scholar[162]
Erick Erickson, blogger (endorsed Evan McMullin)[165]
Niall Ferguson, professor of history[22]
David A. French, author and journalist[37]
Jeffrey Gedmin, author[22]
Robert P. George, academic[19]
Reuel Marc Gerecht, writer (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Jonah Goldberg, columnist and author (endorsed Evan McMullin)[166]
Michael Graham, radio host[112]
Mary R. Habeck, professor of strategic studies[22]
David Harsanyi, columnist[112]
Stephen F. Hayes, columnist[112]
Quin Hillyer, columnist[28]
Charles Krauthammer, columnist (writing in Paul Ryan or Ben Sasse)[167]
Matt K. Lewis, columnist and commentator[168]
Dana Loesch, author and commentator[169]
Peter Mansoor, military historian (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Beth Moore, evangelical author[161]
Russell D. Moore, evangelical theologian, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (writing-in Ben Sasse)[19][170]
Charles Murray, political scientist and commentator[171]
Ana Navarro, srategist and commentator[172]
Tom Nichols, national security affairs scholar (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
John Noonan, national security analyst and commentator[173][174]
Marvin Olasky, editor-in-chief of World[175]
Mackubin Thomas Owens, national security advisor[22]
Katie Pavlich, journalist[28]
Daniel Pipes, historian and columnist[22]
Danielle Pletka, foreign policy writer[176]
John Podhoretz, writer and columnist[19]
Dorothy Rabinowitz, journalist (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[177]
Jennifer Rubin, journalist[28]
Ben Shapiro, columnist and commentator[28]
Bret Stephens, journalist[19]
Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations[22]
Ruth Wedgwood, professor of international law and diplomacy[22]
Jamie Weinstein, political journalist[37]
Montel Williams, talk show host and commentator[178]
George Will, columnist[179][180]
Kevin D. Williamson, writer[181]
Business leaders[edit]
Meg Whitman, current HP and former eBay CEO
Daniel Akerson, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[182][183]
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape; founder of Andreessen Horowitz (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[184]
Mike Fernandez, founder of MBF Healthcare Partners (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[185]
Seth Klarman, founder of Baupost Group (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[19][186]
Hamid R. Moghadam, CEO of Prologis (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[184]
James Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[187]
Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[184]
Paul Singer, founder and CEO of Elliott Management Corporation[188]
Harry E. Sloan, former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17]
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric (withdrew endorsement)[189]
Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; former CEO of eBay; 2010 California nominee for Governor of California (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17][19][190]
Republican groups[edit]
Harvard Republican Club[191]
Penn State College Republicans[192]
Kenyon Republicans[193]
Cornell College Republicans (endorsed Gary Johnson)[194]
New Mexico College Republicans (endorsed Gary Johnson)[195]
Log Cabin Republicans[196]
See wikipedia’s article for the footnotes, in order to find details about any one of these leading Republicans who are supporting the neoconservatives’ champion, Hillary Clinton.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.