Top GOP Activist Leaving Party Over Trump
August 2nd, 2016 by Mike VasilindaA top Florida GOP strategist has quit the Republican Party and registered as an independent because she is troubled with Donald Trump’s rhetoric.
But as Mike Vasilinda tells us, Both Governor Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi remain strong Trump supporters.
Sally Bradshaw was Jeb Bush’s chief of staff and strongest loyalist. In 2012 she was one of five people in the entire nation tasked with rebuilding the Republican party.
“I’m hoping it will be a roadmap for the future that the party will actually ct on, but we are leaving no stone unturned” Bradshaw told us back in 2013.
But Donald trump has caused Bradshaw to reregister as an independent. She told CNN she will vote for Hillary Clinton if the race is close in Florida. And in a text message dealing an on camera interview, she told us that she wanted to low key the statement going forward.
While Sally Bradshaw may be leaving the GOP, Trumps biggest boosters in Florida politics are not.
Attorney General Pam Bondi was one of the first to endorse Trump.
“Are you rethinking your support of Donald Trump in anyway” we asked.
“I’m Not. And let me say, I’m not going to talk politics here today” responded Bondi.
Governor Rick Scott was quick to point out:
“I’m never going to agree with every candidate on everything they are going to say. I know who I am. care about the military, I care about law enforcement. Look, I was blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country.”
But Scott, who is chairman of a super Pac supporting Trump, says trump is still his choice.
“I have Donald Trump over here who knows how to create jobs. Over here, I have Hillary Clinton, a career politician who has never created a job in her life. So to me, its an easy choice.”
But in the Capitol city Jeb Bush ruled for eight years, signs of discontent continue to pop up.
Both Scott and Bondi said they would not have criticized the parents of Iraqi war veteran and deceased hero Captain Humayun Kahn.
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