Here are just a few of the many negative comments about Trump prior to the shocking fact that the Electoral College gave him the presidency on November 8, 2016.

Lindsey Graham: “He has called Trump a ‘jackass’ and a ‘race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot,’ and he has suggested that Republicans should kick him out of the party.”

In 2017. “What concerns me about the American press is this endless, endless attempt to label the guy as some kind of kook not fit to be president,” Graham told CNN. “It’s pretty frustrating for most Republicans, quite frankly, that it’s 24/7 attack on everything the president does or thinks. It gets a little old after a while.”

Paul Ryan in 2016, after Trump’s remarks on ‘Access Hollywood.

“His comments are not anywhere in keeping with our party’s principles and values,” Ryan said. “There are basically two things that I want to make really clear, as for myself as your Speaker. I am not going to defend Donald Trump—not now, not in the future. As you probably heard, I disinvited him from my first congressional district GOP event this weekend—a thing I do every year. And I’m not going to be campaigning with him over the next 30 days.”

After the horrific and destructive tax bill was passed, Ryan was effusive in his praise of the lunatic violation infesting the White House.

“Something this big, something this generational, something this profound, could not have been done without exquisite presidential leadership,” Ryan said.

Mitch McConnell’s attacks on Trump were weak but un-supportive.

“I object to a whole series of things that he’s said — vehemently object to them. I think all of that needs to stop. Both the shots at people he defeated in the primary and these attacks on various ethnic groups in the country.”…

When McConnell attempted to rush through the disastrous and destructive healthcare bill known as ‘Trumpcare,’ he expressed his new association with Trump.

“Contrary to what some of you may have reported, we are together, totally, on this agenda to move America forward,” McConnell said.

Prior to the November election, John McCain revealed his opinion of a Trump presidency.

“Cindy and I will not vote for Donald Trump. I have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and we will not vote for Hillary Clinton. We will write in the name of some good conservative Republican who is qualified to be President.”

However, with the exception of Trumpcare, McCain has voted with Trump on every issue.

Susan Collins said this prior to the 2016 election.

“I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president,” she declared. “This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican. But Donald Trump does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions in our country.”

Once again, with the exception of Trumpcare, she has voted with Trump 100 percent of the time, including his destructive and self-serving tax bill.

Senators Jeff Flake and Bob Corker challenged both Trump’s qualifications and his mental competency, but have voted with Trump 99 percent of the time. Can you define ‘hypocrisy?’ I will.

Hypocrisy: “The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense.”

Need I say more? Will you be giving your support to a Republican on November 6, 2018?

Thank you for your support and forwarding the truth to others who are blinded by the media and the Republican Party.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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