DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Palus Politicus James Comey book denounces Trump as 'unethical and untethered to truth'

Ok, so you believe a guy who manipulated the election, playing politics with justice, lied before Congress and got fired by both sides over a guy you have accused of 100 things and never produced any proof of any of those accusations?

Ok.

Would you like a list of Trumps lies to do a side by side comparison? lmao

No, I am still waiting for your proof of Collusion and Obstruction!

Going on two years now, what is taking you so long?

Or were you guys lying about that stuff?

Where in the hell do you come up with this garbage... Just because I oppose Trump, you jump to the dumbest conclusion on the planet that I believe Hillary Clinton.

Man, do you enjoy sticking your foot in your mouth?

The Mueller investigation started in May of 2017.

Benghazi was investigated longer than that.

My proof? I'm not investigating anyone. But since everyone from Sessions, to Manafort and even Kushner lied about meeting with Russians on their disclosure forms, it's not hard to see that there's just cause to investigate them.

You could have saved typing if you simply said...

I got nothing.

Yeah, seems to be a lot of arrests and convictions so far for "nothing".

You're kidding, right?

First of all, you've demonstrated at least three times now that you don't understand what the word "collusion" means. Remember the day you said that you were "colluding" with the stock market?

Beyond that, just for starters...his campaign manager got a federal indictment because Trump's dumb son actually send an e-mail reply saying "Awesome, let's do some crimes, let's set up a meeting.

And that's just the start.

In the end, I don't expect much to come of it, but "still waiting for that proof" is absurd, considering that the proof materialized almost immediately, because Trump and his orbit are too stupid to cover their tracks in a basic manner.

In the end, I think a big saving grace for Trump himself is that he doesn't know how to use a computer, and thus doesn't have an e-mail footprint.

Get used to it.

Just because I voted AGAINST Hillary, I've been accused of endorsing every damn thing Trump has done or said, present OR past.

I've had my work ethic challenged, my business smarts challenged, my religion belittled, and much more.

I've come to your defense 2 or 3 times on the fact that you're clearly not very enamored with the guy.

But to be fair, every now and again you jump to his defense in the most bizarre areas, like "maybe he stopped being racist after the summer of 2016, people can change" when it's pointed out how racist it is, or trying to refute the notion that Trump doesn't read when it's pointed out that he doesn't read (a fact he brags about often).

I get that maybe it's just semantical pushback sometimes, but why anyone would try to argue against such a dumb and terrible person is something I don't understand.

Mainstream media attacks James Comey from the left despite ex-FBI boss' constant Trump bashing

James Comey is often the subject of praise from the mainstream media for his constant attacks on President Trump, but the former FBI director is now receiving fire from the left.
Comey’s promotional book tour kicked off on Sunday night with an hour-long interview with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Buildup to the interview dominated social media and political talk shows in the days leading up to the primetime special and some pundits spoke out against the ex-FBI boss ahead of the sitdown.

Lanny Davis, a former special counsel to President Clinton, slammed Comey as a “liar” in an Op-Ed for The Hill.

“It is time -- accurately -- to call Comey a liar for this crucial, self-serving rationalization for his action that made Donald Trump president,” Davis wrote.

Davis urged Comey to “admit the truth” about his Oct. 28, 2016, letter that reopened an inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s personal email server.

“You wrote the letter not because you had to in order to fulfill a promise to Congress, but because you wanted to protect your political rear end from anti-Clinton Republican partisans. Period,” Davis wrote.

Last week, Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller called Comey’s book “petty,” while Vanity Fair reporter Tina Nguyen seems to agree with Fox News’ Chris Wallace that, “Higher Loyalty" comes off as bitchy at times.

“Indeed, the book’s bitchiness seemed to be the primary concern of the far right,” Nguyen wrote.

CNN’s David Gergen took a break from praising Comey to admit he “can be a showboat,” while CNN law enforcement analyst and former FBI Special Agent James Gagliano called Comey a “feckless leader.”

CNN’s David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, questioned the timing of the book’s release, asking, “Maybe he should have called it Higher Royalties?” FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver tweeted that it was not “particularly honorable” for Comey to sit on information that is vital to the nation until he had a book to promote.

“If Comey's decision to release the letter on Oct. 28 was influenced by his interpretation of the polls, that really ought to cut against his image as an honorable, principled decision-maker. Instead, he was just being expedient and trying to save his own hide,” Silver wrote.

Criticism of Comey intensified once the interview finally aired on Sunday evening.

Alan Dershowitz called him a "man without courage," and Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi tweeted, "One striking thing in this interview about James Comey: He seems to have a lot of pity for James Comey.”

Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass appeared on MSNBC’s anti-Trump “Morning Joe,” and said Comey seemed to be talking to himself “almost without a compass” during the interview with Stephanopoulos.

“He did nothing to persuade us that his various interventions in the run-up to the election were justified,” Haass said. “It just seemed to me he took on a disproportionate role in American politics without the mandate to do it.”

Some members of the mainstream media had issues with the way ABC News presented the interview. New York magazine star Olivia Nuzzi echoed what a lot of media watchdogs were presumably thinking with a tweet about the significant height difference between the two men.

“This interview is difficult for me to watch because James Comey is six foot eight and George Stephanopulos is ‘five foot seven’ (lol k) and I keep imagining what it would be like if Stephanopoulos conducted the interview while sitting on Comey's lap like he's Santa,” Nuzzi wrote.

The interview was clearly a tall order for Stephanopulos, and not just because of the height difference. ABC News was forced to edit down a five-hour chat into a 60-minute television event and not everyone as thrilled with the outcome.

Filmmaker Liz Garbus tweeted, “This is very distracting and makes it hard to feel like we're getting the full context of his answers.” New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen added, “This interview is VERY aggressively edited. Almost every sentence is ended by the ABC producers, not by Comey.”

CNN analyst and author Bill Carter said it was hard to be precise about the intent of his words because ABC edited the TV version “like a traveler trying to sit on an overfull suitcase” that felt rushed.

Last week, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders slammed the media for giving so much attention to “disgraced, partisan hack” Comey.

“You guys spend hours upon hours every single day praising Jim Comey, propping him up, giving him the biggest platform,” Sanders said. “We shouldn't be praising him. We should be putting him down and taking him off of air instead of giving him minute after minute.”

While the spotlight won’t be taken off Comey anytime soon, it appears some members of the liberal media actually agree with Sanders for a change.

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Lets face it 40 all you got to do is say you don't like Trump and you have friends for life by libs here, I bet Charlie Manson would be a hero if he had distain for Trump. to the hateful libs here

I can't stop laughing at the idea that someone would say "Do you trust this person...or Donald Trump?"

GMAB ...Lets face it.... If Donald Trump was Charlie Manson in disguise and revealed his true identity to the world, there is little doubt you guys and the GOP sheep would still support him.

so...

after thinking it over, looking at Trump's response, watching Comey's interview, reading some excerpts from the book....

i honestly wish he would just go away. i understand that he is a key witness in this investigation, but after all of this is over, i hope he takes all the income he gets from his book and just disappears to some beach to live out the rest of his life, out of the public eye and completely away from politics and law enforcement.

people comment "well who's more credible?"

what does that really mean? i'd believe half the violent criminals in prison before i believe trump, so speaking to someone's credibility in comparison to Trump is meaningless.

Comey might very well be more credible than trump, but that doesn't excuse his blatant partisan crap he had no business pulling right before election day.

i mean, operate as if he's assuming hillary clinton was gonna be president?

that line alone justified his ass being fired. Trump might have fired him for the wrong reasons, but make no mistake; he absolutely deserved to be thrown under the bus and fired.

how do you assume clinton will win, and so then decide to just drop a bombshell that she's under federal investigation? and then on top of that....nothing? you don't even recommend charges?

he literally swung (or depending on your views, assisting in swinging) the election into trump's favor with that announcement.

Trump was all but done with the access hollywood tape, and yet here comes captain save him Comey, thinking that hillary was gonna win, to drop a bombshell like that and act like it wasn't really gonna affect anything.

he said he felt that if he didn't say anything, that would make hillary an illegitimate president.

^^ ok. i get that......so why didn't he mention that the trum campaign was ALSO under federal investigation?

thats what people forget. BOTH were under investigation, and yet REPUBLICAN Comey decided to pull this blatant hit job, then pretended as if he didn't do anything wrong.

we can play karma on hillary with the DNC crap she pulled all you want, but at the end of the day, it doesn't justify the hit job Comey, our FBI director at the time, pulled. HE had no business playing politics.

and then the book itself....talk about some self righteous whining snowflake crapfest. i mean he's sitting there describing the way trump appeared to him physically. so what?

i mean damn. dude whines and whines about trump, yet the reality is that he played a major part as to why Trump is president to begin with.

don't want him to get impeached because it would let the american people off the hook?

WHAT ABOUT YOUR ASS?

if trump goes down for collusion and/or obstruction, everybody is gonna be looking at COMEY as well. because he was in a position of power, a position of authority, a position of trust amongst the american people, yet HE is the one who helped swayed the american public's opinion in the first place.

do what he needs to do in the courtroom, and then please, just go. him and hillary are the main two people who just need to go away from the american policy arena. they are both worthless.

Comey isn't a good person. Neither is Mueller.

No need to lionize guys who actively supported war and torture just to stick it to a senile trust fund coward who will never see a day in jail.

I agree with you.

You miss the entire point of the Trump Presidency!

He is on every day and his ratings are great!

What a hit.

Can't wait till it goes into syndication!

In the mean time, illegal immigration is down, Money flows into our pockets, NK is looking to deal, China is looking to deal, Syria is done with chem weapons, the economy is humming, businesses are growing, unemployment is down down down, and Trade deals are being renegotiated!

Greatest Show Ever!

He's a racist elderly man who is so incompetent that you constantly have to twist yourself to the point where you have no moral or logical standing, because you're cheerleading a soulless coward.

Remember the time where you kept saying "Mr. Trump is a wise man and will deliver us great healthcare!", and then when it was proven beyond doubt that Trump doesn't even understand what health care is, you wilted to "OK, so Trump isn't smart, but he's leading Congress in the right direction"?

Remember the time when you kept saying "Mr. Trump is a great negotiator, he *will* get Mexico to pay for he wall!", and then when it was proven that Trump is a senile idiot with no plan, you wilted into "OK, so maybe the poor and working class Americans will pay for it, not Mexico!"

Remember the time when you kept saying that Trump was a negotiating mastermind, and then he got his hockey jersey pulled over his head and nose bloodied by a porn star who outsmarted him, and you tried to argue...


...you're still trying to flail through that one. Keep going.

Can't wait to hear it.

He actually typed "Syria is done with chem weapons".

Bless you, 40.

Really James Comey has ruined the FBI. And turned it into a political machine bureau than that of in the investigating cases and stopping crime.

They treat the Democrats like kid gloves these days. And the GOP as they are beyond hard. There is a difference there.

Lets face it if Trump did one tenth of the the PROVEN illegal things that Comey did he,d be doing the perp walk. The twisted liberals denial is absolutetly stunning and nuts. SMH

Yet everyone included in the investigations are Republicans. Including Comey. lol

GOPers can't wrap around that.

Well, the memos being dropped isn’t going according to GOP plan.

Have y’all read any of it? Yikes.

I like the part where trump blatantly lies about staying the night in Moscow.

How quickly you forget it was also the Republican Establishment along with the bitter Democrats who went after the President of the United States.

Trump *is* the Republican Establishment, dude. He's been funded by them since day one, they nominated him to run as head of their party, he nominated their Supreme Court justice, and they back him lock-in-step (outside of occasionally having to tsk-tsk every once in awhile when grandpa says something particularly racist).

The Republican Establishment is out to get him? Where do you come up with this stuff?

Where do I come up with this stuff?
Easy, read the PDF facts you post then go find the truth...


List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016


Public officials
Former U.S. presidents

Former President George H. W. Bush

Former President George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush, President of the United States (1989–93); Vice President of the United States (1981–89) (voted for Hillary Clinton)[3][4][5]
George W. Bush, President of the United States (2001–09); Governor of Texas (1995-2000)[6]
Former 2016 Republican presidential primary candidates
All candidates signed a pledge to eventually support the party nominee. The following refused to honor it after Trump became the Republican presidential nominee.

Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida (1999–2007)[7]
Carly Fiorina, [a][b] CEO of Hewlett-Packard (1999–2005); 2010 nominee for U.S. Senator from California[8] (originally endorsed Trump for the general election but called for Mike Pence to take his place as nominee after the Access Hollywood Tape surfaced)[9][10]
Lindsey Graham, United States Senator from South Carolina (2003–present) (voted for Evan McMullin)[11]
John Kasich, Governor of Ohio (2011–present); U.S. Representative from Ohio (1983–2001)[12] (wrote in John McCain)[13]
George Pataki, Governor of New York (1995–2006)[14]
Former federal cabinet-level officials

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
William Bennett,[a] Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1989–90); United States Secretary of Education (1985–88)[15]
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)[16]
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)[17][18]
Bill Cohen, United States Secretary of Defense (1997–2001); United States Senator from Maine (1979–97) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[19][20]
Robert Gates, United States Secretary of Defense (2006–11); Director of Central Intelligence (1991–93)[21]
Carlos Gutierrez, United States Secretary of Commerce (2005–09) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Carla Anderson Hills, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1975–77), United States Trade Representative (1989–93) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17][22]
Ray LaHood, United States Secretary of Transportation (2009–13), U.S. Representative from Illinois (1995–2009)[23]
Greg Mankiw, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (2003–05)[24]
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)[25][26]
Michael Mukasey, United States Attorney General (2007–09)[27]
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)[17][22]
Henry Paulson, United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006–09) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[28]
Colin Powell, United States Secretary of State (2001–05), National Security Advisor (1987–89) (voted for Hillary Clinton)[29]
William K. Reilly, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1989–92) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Condoleezza Rice,[b] United States Secretary of State (2005–09), National Security Advisor (2001–05)[30]
Tom Ridge, United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–05); Homeland Security Advisor (2001–03); Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001)[17][31][32]
William Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1970–73, 1983–85) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
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)[24]
Louis Wade Sullivan, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989–93) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[33]
Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2001–03); Governor of New Jersey (1994–2001) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[34]
Robert Zoellick, United States Deputy Secretary of State (2005–06); U.S. Trade Representative (2001–05); President of the World Bank Group (2007–12)[17]
Governors
Current (as of 2016)

Ohio Governor John Kasich
Charlie Baker, Massachusetts (2015–present)[35]
Robert J. Bentley,[a] Alabama (2011–2017)[36]
Dennis Daugaard,[a][b] South Dakota (2011–present)[37]
Bill Haslam, Tennessee (2011–present)[38]
Gary Herbert,[a] Utah (2009–present)[39]
Larry Hogan, Maryland (2015–present)[40][41]
Susana Martinez, New Mexico (2011–present); Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2015–present)[42]
Bruce Rauner, Illinois (2015–present)[43][44]
Brian Sandoval,[a] Nevada (2011–present)[45]
Phil Scott, Vermont (2017–present) [46]
Rick Snyder, Michigan (2011–present)[47][48]
Former

Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 nominee for President Mitt Romney

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arne Carlson, Minnesota (1991–99) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia (1970–74); Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1974–75) (endorsed Hillary Clinton - father in law of running mate Tim Kaine)[49]
Jon Huntsman Jr.,[a] Governor of Utah (2005–09); United States Ambassador to Russia (2017-); United States Ambassador to China (2009–11); United States Ambassador to Singapore (1992–93)[50]
William Milliken, Michigan (1969–83) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[51]
Kay A. Orr, Nebraska (1987–91)[52]
Tim Pawlenty,[a] Minnesota (2003–11)[53]
Marc Racicot, Montana (1993–01); Chair of the Republican National Committee (2001–03)[54]
Mitt Romney, Massachusetts (2003–07), 2012 nominee for President[55]
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California (2003–11)[56]
William Weld, Massachusetts (1991–97) (2016 Libertarian nominee for Vice President)[57]
Christine Todd Whitman, New Jersey (1994-2001) [58] (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[59]
U.S. Senators

Arizona Senator and 2008 nominee for President John McCain
Current
Susan Collins, Maine (1997–present)[60]
Jeff Flake,[b] Arizona (2013–present)[61][62] (voted for Evan McMullin)[63]
Cory Gardner,[a][b] Colorado (2015–present) (wrote-in Mike Pence)[64]
Lindsey Graham,[a][b] South Carolina (2003–present)[65] (voted for Evan McMullin)[66]
Dean Heller, Nevada (2011–present)[67]
Mike Lee,[b] Utah (2011–present)[68] (voted for Evan McMullin)[69]
John McCain,[a] Arizona (1987–present); 2008 nominee for President[70]
Lisa Murkowski,[b] Alaska (2002–present)[71]
Rob Portman,[a] Ohio (2010-present); United States Trade Representative (2005–06), Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2006–07) (wrote-in Mike Pence)[72]
Ben Sasse, Nebraska (2015–present)[25][73]
Dan Sullivan,[a][b] Alaska (2015–present) (wrote in Mike Pence)[74]
Former
Kelly Ayotte,[c] New Hampshire (2011–17) (wrote in Mike Pence)[75] [was a current senator on Election Day]
Mark Kirk,[a] Illinois (2010–17) (wrote-in Colin Powell)[41] [was a current senator on Election Day]
Norm Coleman, Minnesota (2003–09)[32][76]
David Durenberger, Minnesota (1978–95) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Slade Gorton, Washington (1981–87, 1989–2001) (endorsed Evan McMullin)[77]
Gordon J. Humphrey, New Hampshire (1979–90) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[78][79]
John Warner, Virginia (1979–2009); United States Secretary of the Navy (1972–74) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[80]
U.S. Representatives

Nevada U.S. Representative and 2016 nominee for U.S. Senate Joe Heck
Sitting at the time of the Trump campaign
Justin Amash, Michigan (2011–present)[32]
Mike Coffman, Colorado (2009–present)[81]
Barbara Comstock, Virginia (2015–present)[82]
Carlos Curbelo, Florida (2015–present)[25][83]
Rodney Davis,[a] Illinois (2013–present)[84]
Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania (2005–present)[85]
Bob Dold, Illinois (2011–13, 2015–17)[32][86]
Jeff Fortenberry,[a] Nebraska (2005–present)[84]
Kay Granger,[b] Texas (1997–present)[87]
Richard L. Hanna, New York (2011–17) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[32][88]
Cresent Hardy,[a] Nevada (2015–17)[89]
Joe Heck,[a] Nevada (2011–17); 2016 nominee for U.S. Senate[89]
Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington (2011–present) (writing-in Paul Ryan)[90]
Will Hurd, Texas (2015–present)[91]
David Jolly, Florida (2014–17)[92]
John Katko, New York (2015–present)[93]
Adam Kinzinger, Illinois (2011–present)[94]
Steve Knight, California (2015–present)[95]
Frank LoBiondo,[a] New Jersey (1995–present) (writing-in Mike Pence)[96]
Mia Love, Utah (2015–present)[97]
Pat Meehan,[b] Pennsylvania (2011–present)[96]
Erik Paulsen,[a] Minnesota (2009–present)[98]
Reid Ribble, Wisconsin (2011–17)[32]
Scott Rigell, Virginia (2011–17) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[25]
Martha Roby,[b] Alabama (2011–present)[99][100]
Tom Rooney,[a] Florida (2009–present)[84]
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida (1989–present)[32]
Mike Simpson,[a] Idaho (1999–present)[15]
Fred Upton, Michigan (1987–present)[101]
David Valadao, California (2013–present)[102]
Ann Wagner,[a] Missouri (2013–present)[103]

Host of Morning Joe on MSNBC and former U.S. Representative from Florida Joe Scarborough
Former
Steve Bartlett, Texas (1983–91)[104]
Bob Bauman, Maryland (1973–81)[104]
Sherwood Boehlert, New York (1993–2007) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[105]
Jack Buechner, Missouri (1987–91)[104]
Tom Campbell, California (1989–93, 1995–2001) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[106]
Bill Clinger, Pennsylvania (1979–97)[104]
Tom Coleman, Missouri (1976–93)[104]
Geoff Davis, Kentucky (2005–12)[104]
Mickey Edwards, Oklahoma (1977–93)[104]
David F. Emery, Maine (1975–83)[107]
Harris Fawell, Illinois (1985–99)[104]
Ed Foreman, Texas (1963–65, 1969–71)[104]
Amo Houghton, New York (1987–2005)[104]
Bob Inglis, South Carolina (1993–99, 2005–11)[32]
Jim Kolbe, Arizona (1985–2007) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[108]
Steve Kuykendall, California (1999–2001)[104]
Jim Leach, Iowa (1977–2007)[104]
Pete McCloskey, California (1967–83)[104] (Democrat since 2007)
Connie Morella, Maryland (1987–2003) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Mike Parker, Mississippi (1989–99); Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (2001–02)[104]
Tom Petri, Wisconsin (1979–2015)[104]
John Porter, Illinois (1980–2001)[104]
Joe Scarborough, Florida (1995–2001); commentator and author[109]
Claudine Schneider, Rhode Island (1981–91) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[105]
Chris Shays, Connecticut (1987–2009) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Peter Smith, Vermont (1989–1991)[104]
Mark Souder, Indiana (1995–2010)[110]
J.C. Watts, Oklahoma (1995–2003)[25]
Edward Weber, Ohio (1981–83)[104]
Vin Weber, Minnesota (1983–93)[111][112][113][114]
G. William Whitehurst, Virginia (1969–87)[104]
Dick Zimmer, New Jersey (1991–97) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[115]
Former State Department officials
Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[116]
John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser of the Department of State; Legal Adviser to the National Security Council[17]
Robert Blackwill, United States Ambassador to India; Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[17][22]
R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; United States Ambassador to NATO; United States Ambassador to Greece (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[117]
Eliot A. Cohen, Counselor of the United States Department of State[17][25]
Chester Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[27]
Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs[17]
James K. Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[27]
David F. Gordon, Director of Policy Planning[17]
Donald Gregg, United States Ambassador to South Korea[24]
David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
John Hillen, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs[17]
Reuben Jeffery III, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment[17]
Robert Joseph, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs[27]
David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor[17]
Stephen D. Krasner, Director of Policy Planning[27]
Frank Lavin, United States Ambassador to Singapore; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Robert McCallum, United States Ambassador to Australia; Acting United States Deputy Attorney General[17]
Richard Miles, United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, and Georgia; Acting United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan[27]
Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs[27]
John Osborn, Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy[27]
Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs[17]
William Howard Taft IV, Legal Adviser of the Department of State; United States Ambassador to NATO; United States Deputy Secretary of Defense[17]
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)[17][22]
Betty Tamposi, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[118]
Peter Teeley, United States Ambassador to Canada (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Robert Tuttle, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[119]
Philip Zelikow, Counselor of the United States Department of State[17]
Former Defense Department officials
Don Bacon,[b] Brigadier General, United States Air Force; Representative for Nebraska's 2nd district[120]
Seth Cropsey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities[27]
Michael B. Donley, United States Secretary of the Air Force (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Eric Edelman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy[17]
Doug Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy[121]
Robert Hastings, Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs[27]
Tim Kane, United States Air Force intelligence officer; Chief Labor Economist, Joint Economic Committee[27]
Mary Beth Long, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[17]
Alberto J. Mora, General Counsel of the Navy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Gale Pollock, Acting Surgeon General of the United States Army (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Martha Rainville, Major General, United States Air Force; Vermont Adjutant General[27]
Michael Rubin, Defense Country Director for Iran and Iraq[27]
Kalev Sepp, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Capabilities[27]
Matthew Waxman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[15][17]
Paul Wolfowitz, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense; President of the World Bank Group[122]
Dov Zakheim, Comptroller of the Department of Defense[17]
Former National Security officials
Ken Adelman, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[15][27]
Mike Baker, covert operations officer, Central Intelligence Agency[27]
Tom Donnelly, Director of the Policy Group, House Armed Services Committee[27]
Gary Edson, Deputy National Security Advisor[17]
Richard Falkenrath, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor[17]
Peter Feaver, Senior Director for Strategic Planning[17]
Aaron Friedberg, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President[17]
Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cyber Security and Telecommunications[27]
Michael Green, Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council[17]
Paul Haenle, Director for China and Taiwan, National Security Council[17]
Michael Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2006–09)[17]
William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council[17]
James Jeffrey, Deputy National Security Advisor[17]
James C. Langdon, Jr., Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board[17]
Deborah Loewer, Director of the White House Situation Room (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[123]
Evan McMullin, Operations officer, Central Intelligence Agency; Senior Adviser for National Security, House Foreign Affairs Committee (Independent candidate for President)[124][125]
Paul D. Miller, Director for Afghanistan, National Security Council[27]
Meghan O'Sullivan, Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan[17]
Kori Schake, Director of Defense Strategy, National Security Council[17]
Gary Schmitt, Executive Director of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board[27]
Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor (1975–77, 1989–93); Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (2001–05) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
David Shedd, Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency[27]
Stephen Slick, Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, National Security Council[17]
Frances Townsend, Homeland Security Advisor[27]
Kenneth Wainstein, Homeland Security Advisor[17]
Other former federal government officials

Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President and founder of The Weekly Standard Bill Kristol
Donald B. Ayer, United States Deputy Attorney General[17]
Phillip D. Brady, White House Staff Secretary; White House Cabinet Secretary (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[123]
Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney[126]
Linda Chavez, Director of the Office of Public Liaison; 1986 nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland[32]
Jim Cicconi, White House Staff Secretary (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Scott Evertz, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Tony Fratto, Deputy White House Press Secretary[127]
Charles Fried, United States Solicitor General; Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[128]
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Commissioner of Internal Revenue (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Theodore Kassinger, United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce[17]
Bill Kristol, Chief of Staff to the Vice President (endorsed Evan McMullin)[129]
Thomas Mallon, Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities[130]
Rosario Marin, Treasurer of the United States (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[131]
John McKay, former United States Attorney (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[132]
Andrew Natsios, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development; Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party[17]
Daniel F. Runde, Director of the Global Development Alliance[27]
Larry D. Thompson, United States Deputy Attorney General[17]
Dan Webb, former United States Attorney (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[133]
Peter Wehner, Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives[15]
Lezlee Westine, Director of the Office of Public Liaison (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[111][134]
Peter Zeidenberg, Assistant United States Attorney[126]
State officials
Current
Brian Calley,[a][b] Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (2011–present)[135]
Spencer Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah (2013–present)[136]
Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey (2010–present)[137]
Former
Paul Anderson, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1994–2013) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[138]
Greg Bell, Lieutenant Governor of Utah (2009–13) (endorsed Evan McMullin)[139]
Bob Brown, Secretary of State of Montana (2001–05) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[140]
Betty Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio (1995–2003), Ohio State Auditor (2003–07)[141]
Sam Reed, Secretary of State of Washington (2000–12) (endorsed Evan McMullin)[142]
Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah (2001–13) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[143]
Robert Smith, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (2004–14) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[144]
Michael Steele, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003–07) and RNC Chair (2009–11)[145]
Diana Taylor, New York Superintendent of Banks (2003–07) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[146]
Grant Woods, Attorney General of Arizona (1991–99) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[147]
State legislators
Current
Rocky Chavez, California State Representative (2012–present)
Jack Ciattarelli,[a] New Jersey State Representative (2011–present)[137]
Neal Collins, South Carolina State Representative (2014–present)[148]
Kurt Daudt,[b] Minnesota State Representative (2011–present), Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2015–present)[53]
David Johnson, Iowa State Senator (2003–present)[41][149]
Mark B. Madsen, Utah State Senator (2005–present) (endorsed Gary Johnson)[150]
Chad Mayes, California State Assembly Minority Leader (2014–present)
Charisse Millett,[a] Alaska State Representative (2009–present), Majority Leader (2015–present)[151][152]
Ross Spano, Florida State Representative (2012–present)[92]
Joe Sweeney,[a] New Hampshire State Representative (2012–present)[153]
Former
Michael Balboni, New York State Senator (1998–2007) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[154]
Lois Sherman Hagarty, Pennsylvania State Representative (1980–92)[155]
Brian Lees, Massachusetts State Senator (1989–2007), Minority Leader (1993–2007)[156]
Jack McGregor, Pennsylvania State Senator (1963–70) (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[123]
Will Weatherford, Florida State Representative (2006–14), Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2012–14)[92]
Municipal officials
Joel Giambra, former Erie County Executive (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[157]
Carlos A. Giménez, Mayor of Miami-Dade County (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[158]
Danny Jones, Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia (endorsed Gary Johnson)[159][160]
Aimee Winder Newton,[a] Member of the Salt Lake County Council[161]
Tomás Regalado, Mayor of Miami[162]
Other notable individuals
Republican Party figures

Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States

Ben Shapiro, conservative commentator

George Will, conservative commentator
Steve Baer, former President, United Republican Fund of Illinois [163]
Max Boot, author (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[32]
Ellen Bork, political consultant[27]
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States (2001–09); First Lady of Texas (1995–2000)[164]
Marvin Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, brother of George W. Bush and Jeb Bush (endorsed Gary Johnson)[165]
Al Cardenas, former chair of the Republican Party of Florida[84]
Patrick Chovanec, economist[27]
Beau Correll, attorney, political activist (led Free The Delegates movement, filed successful federal lawsuit to unbind delegates)[166]
Mindy Finn, political consultant, strategist, and activist (Independent running mate for Evan McMullin)[167]
Darryl Glenn,[a] 2016 nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado [168]
Juan Hernandez, political consultant, co-founder of Hispanic Republicans of Texas (endorsed Gary Johnson)[169]
Matt Higgins, former press secretary for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Robert Kagan, former foreign policy advisor and speechwriter (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[32]
Matt Kibbe, libertarian ideals advocate[32]
Jimmy LaSalvia, co-founder of GOProud (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Kevin Madden, spokesperson for 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney[25]
Ken Mehlman, former Chair of the Republican National Committee[32]
Mike Murphy, political consultant and commentator (indirectly endorsed Hillary Clinton)[170][171][172][173][174][175][176]
Patrick Ruffini, political strategist[32]
Mark Salter, chief aide to John McCain (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[177]
Randy Scheunemann, national security and foreign policy advisor[27]
Steve Schmidt, campaign strategist[178]
Gabriel Schoenfeld, former Senior Advisor to 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney[32]
Lionel Sosa, political consultant (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[179]
A. J. Spiker, Chair of the Iowa Republican Party[180]
Stuart Stevens, political consultant and strategist[32]
Mac Stipanovich, strategist and lobbyist; former Chief of Staff to Bob Martinez (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[181]
John Weaver,[d] strategist[182]
Rick Wilson, political consultant and former Republican strategist.[183]
Conservative academics, journalists and commentators
Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar and Director of Japanese Studies at the American Enterprise Institute[27]
Glenn Beck, former Fox News host, radio host, columnist, and author (endorsed Darrell Castle)[184]
Guy Benson, journalist[127]
Michael Berry, radio host[32]
L. Brent Bozell III, activist and writer[32]
David Brooks, columnist[185]
Christine Caine, evangelical author[186]
Steven G. Calabresi, legal scholar and co-founder of the Federalist Society[187]
Mona Charen, columnist and author[32]
Lanhee Chen, academic and commentator[24]
Joshua Claybourn, attorney, author, and former convention delegate[188][189]
Ross Douthat, columnist[41]
Daniel W. Drezner, blogger[27]
Richard Epstein, legal scholar[187]
Erick Erickson, blogger (endorsed Evan McMullin)[190]
Niall Ferguson, professor of history[27]
David A. French, author and journalist[41]
David Frum, columnist and speechwriter for George W. Bush (voted for Hillary Clinton)[191]
Jeffrey Gedmin, author[27]
Robert P. George, academic[24][192]
Reuel Marc Gerecht, writer (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[27]
Michael Gerson, columnist and speechwriter for George W. Bush[193]
Jonah Goldberg, columnist and author (endorsed Evan McMullin)[194]
Michael Graham, radio host[127]
Mary R. Habeck, professor of strategic studies[27]
David Harsanyi, columnist[127]
Stephen F. Hayes, columnist[127]
Quin Hillyer, columnist[32]
Margaret Hoover, consultant and commentator[195]
Charles Krauthammer, columnist (wrote in Paul Ryan or Ben Sasse)[196]
William "Bill" Kristol, neo-conservative founder and editor-at-large of The Weekly Standard.
Matt K. Lewis, columnist and commentator[197]
Dana Loesch, author and commentator[198]
Peter Mansoor, military historian (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[27]
Meghan McCain, commentator, daughter of Senator John McCain (voted for Evan McMullin)[199]
Beth Moore, evangelical author[186]
Russell D. Moore, evangelical theologian, head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (writing-in Ben Sasse)[24][200]
Charles Murray, political scientist and commentator[201]
Ana Navarro, strategist and commentator (voted for Hillary Clinton)[202]
Tom Nichols, national security affairs scholar (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[27]
John Noonan, national security analyst and commentator[203][204]
Marvin Olasky, editor-in-chief of World[205]
Mackubin Thomas Owens, national security advisor[27]
Katie Pavlich, journalist[32]
Daniel Pipes, historian and columnist[27]
Danielle Pletka, foreign policy writer[206]
John Podhoretz, writer and columnist[24]
Dorothy Rabinowitz, journalist (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[207]
Jennifer Rubin, journalist[32]
Ben Shapiro, columnist and commentator[32]
Bret Stephens, journalist[24][208] (voted for Hillary Clinton)[209]
Charlie Sykes, author, radio host, MSNBC commentator[210]
Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations[27]
Ruth Wedgwood, professor of international law and diplomacy[27]
Jamie Weinstein, political journalist[41]
Montel Williams, talk show host and commentator[211]
George Will, columnist[212][213]
Kevin D. Williamson, writer[214]
Business leaders

Meg Whitman, current HP and former eBay CEO
Daniel Akerson, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[215][216]
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape; founder of Andreessen Horowitz (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[217]
Mike Fernandez, founder of MBF Healthcare Partners (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[218]
Seth Klarman, founder of Baupost Group (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[24][219]
Hamid R. Moghadam, CEO of Prologis (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[217]
James Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[220]
Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[217]
Paul Singer, founder and CEO of Elliott Management Corporation[221]
Harry E. Sloan, former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22]
Jack Welch,[a] former CEO of General Electric[222]
Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; former CEO of eBay; 2010 California nominee for Governor of California (endorsed Hillary Clinton)[22][24][223]
Republican groups
Harvard Republican Club[224]
Penn State College Republicans[225]
Kenyon Republicans[226]
The University of the South College Republicans[227]
Cornell Republicans (endorsed Gary Johnson)[228]
New Mexico College Republicans (endorsed Gary Johnson)[229]
Log Cabin Republicans[230]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016

Obviously many Republicans opposed him when he was running. He's a racist and senile game show host with a child's brain. Who wouldn't?

But then he won the nomination, and the election, and not only has he become harmonious with the GOP "establishment", but he's become it.

He nominated their Supreme Court pick, he's touted all of their legislation, they vote in sync at roughly a 93% clip. As I said, really the only pushback anymore, is every time Trump says something especially insane or racist, they'll tsk-tsk him, but that's about it.

The funniest part of that list you copied and pasted is that well over half of those names are completely behind Trump right now. A few of them even got Trump appointments.