Jeff Flake, other former GOP Congress members endorse Biden ahead of RNC.
Flake has spoken out against Trump since he served in the Senate, where he said his fellow Republicans should push back against the president.
WASHINGTON — More than two-dozen former Republican members of Congress, including ex-Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, endorsed Joe Biden for president on Monday, hours ahead of the Republican National Convention.
Biden's presidential campaign announced the list of endorsements in a press release Monday morning. Flake was expected to speak to reporters later in the day about why he has chosen to support the former vice president.
Flake has spoken out against Trump since he served in the Senate, where he said that his fellow Republicans should push back against the president.
The announcement comes ahead of the GOP convention Monday and on the heels of the Democratic National Convention last week, where several Republicans endorsed Biden and delivered speeches explaining why. They included former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, former eBay and Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman and former Rep. Susan Molinari of New York, who is among those on the list the Biden campaign released Monday.
Rebecca Shabad, NBC News, August 24, 2020
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August 24, 2020
Voices4America Post Script. The Republican Party holds a Convention this week without a Platform. Take that in. Half the speakers are named Trump, and Trump will speak each night. The GOP is #TrumpCult. These 2 dozen Repubs have spoken out. #SaveDemocracy #SaveAmerica #VoteBlue2020 #BidenHarris2020
Some other GOP on the list supporting Biden include former Republican Sens. Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire (who is now an independent) and John Warner of Virginia and Republican Senator from Nebraska John McCollister. They're joined by a number of former Republican House members:
Former Reps. Steve Bartlett of Texas, Bill Clinger of Pennsylvania, Tom Coleman of Missouri, Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, Charles Djou of Hawaii, Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma, Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland, Jim Greenwood of Pennsylvania, Bob Inglis of South Carolina, Jim Kolbe of Arizona, Steve Kuykendall of California, Ray LaHood of Illinois (who served as Transportation secretary in the Obama administration), Jim Leach of Iowa, Connie Morella of Maryland, Mike Parker of Mississippi, Jack Quinn of New York, Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island, Chris Shays of Connecticut, Peter Smith of Vermont, Alan Steelman of Texas, Bill Whitehurst of Virginia, Dick Zimmer of New Jersey, and Jim Walsh of New York.
BTW, I won't watch. Will you?
