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BumRushDaShow

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Wed Oct 30, 2024, 07:08 AM Oct 30

Conservative Legal Icon Nails Donald Trump With Dark Distinction [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Oct 30, 2024, 04:28 AM EDT


Conservative former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig warned in a new essay for The New York Times that the “choice for America next Tuesday could not be clearer.”

“He betrayed us,” Luttig said of former president and current GOP nominee Donald Trump, later adding: “In the almost 250 years since the founding of the nation, no president before Donald Trump has ever so betrayed America.”

“Republicans and conservatives have always proudly claimed they would be the first to put the country above all else when the time came. That time has come,” wrote Luttig, who endorsed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in August.

“If Republicans are unwilling to put America before their party now, they will never do so. They must be honest with themselves,” he added.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/j-michael-luttig-donald-trump-honor_n_6721d8f2e4b047f75f6afa47






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I am pleased to share this essay that appears this morning in The New York Times.

https://nytimes.com/2024/10/29/opinion/donald-trump-oath.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V04.EgFx.kfCUHcF1mpPD&smid=url-share


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Opinion | Trump Betrayed America.Republicans Must Put Country Above Party. (Gift Article)
The time has come for my fellow Republicans to put country above party.
5:47 AM · Oct 29, 2024


Link to NYT Opinion ESSAY (no paywall (gift)) - My Fellow Republicans, It’s Time to Say Enough With Trump
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