Here’s how against the Republican Establishment Trump is:

Eric Zuesse

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.