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Mike Lee: Trump 'scares me to death'
The Hill ^ | 5/11/16 | Rebecca Savransky

Posted on 05/12/2016 6:08:44 AM PDT by Sybeck1

Mike Lee(R-Utah) said Wednesday that he is not ready to endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump

"I have not supported Donald Trump up to this point, I have not endorsed him," Lee said, according to The Washington Examiner.

"I have some concerns with him. He scares me to death; so does Hillary Clinton

. There is no easy choice right now." Lee had previously endorsed Ted Cruz

, before the Texas senator ended his presidential bid earlier this month. At the time, he said Cruz had a "proven record of fighting for our conservative values and for the issues that matter most to Americans."

The Utah senator said he plans to continue following the election and will make a choice in the future.

"I'll make the decision as best I can," he said, "but I'm not there yet."

Lee now joins several other Republican leaders, who have said they are not ready to endorse Trump or said that they don't plan to vote for the presumptive nominee in a general election.

Speaker Paul Ryan said last week that he was "just not ready" to endorse the presumptive GOP nominee.


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To: Sybeck1

Trump not being president scares me to death.


41 posted on 05/12/2016 6:22:08 AM PDT by mom.mom
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Why is it that all the googly-eyed trumpers have to imagine some grand conspiracy every time somebody expresses reservations about the chosen one?

Isn't it possible that people have reservations about him because he's a goofy clod whose current promises and positions are completely at odds with his prior statements and his life history?

I plan to vote for him because he's not Hillary, but the worries about buying this pig-in-a-poke are completely logical for those not emotionally invested in the blind messianic fervor enveloping this bizarro candidacy.

42 posted on 05/12/2016 6:22:17 AM PDT by dead (We have to elect him to see what's in him.)
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To: exit82

Yes. His name is Ted Cruz and the Trumpsters here pissed all over him and continue to do so.


43 posted on 05/12/2016 6:23:49 AM PDT by Hurricane Andrew (There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.)
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To: Sybeck1

At the very least, Trump has revealed the GOP as the sham that it is.


44 posted on 05/12/2016 6:23:49 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ('''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Helicondelta

Interesting analysis I hadn’t thought of before. Thanks.


45 posted on 05/12/2016 6:24:27 AM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: Sybeck1
"At the time, he said Cruz had a "proven record of fighting for our conservative values and for the issues that matter most to Americans."

Me thinks they like to "fight for conservative values" but have no interest whatsoever in actually "winning" these fights.

Trump scares him because Trump wants to WIN.

46 posted on 05/12/2016 6:26:24 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: PghBaldy

Is Mike Lee a Latter Day Republican?


47 posted on 05/12/2016 6:26:34 AM PDT by fulltlt
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To: Donglalinger

LOL...too funny.

Alpha male scares beta males.


48 posted on 05/12/2016 6:26:50 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Souled_Out

Does a nuclear Iran scare you Mike? Have you ever spoke out on Obummer’s deal with them?


49 posted on 05/12/2016 6:28:30 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: Sybeck1

Remember that

NO CHOICE IS A CHOICE!

Either Trump or Ole Screech.


50 posted on 05/12/2016 6:28:38 AM PDT by JayAr36 (At 80 I thought I had seen it all. America is swirling in the toilet now. And daily getting worse.)
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To: Hurricane Andrew

Ted Cruz is a fraud,period.

Open your eyes.

At this point, you are either on the Trump train or you can blow your winds elsewhere.

We have a country to save.


51 posted on 05/12/2016 6:29:07 AM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: Sybeck1

Another example of why the ‘principled conservative’ label is losing steam. They accomplish less than nothing in congress, and then when it comes time to endorse the candidate We The People have chosen, the best they can do is give aid and comfort to the likes of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.

And what’s with this idiotic ‘I’m not there yet’ meme? Listen, you gutless wonders, it’s not about you. It’s about losing the country with Hillary or scrabbling to reclaim the remnants with Trump. Where you *are* right now is with Hillary. So yes, you’re ‘there;’ it’s just that ‘there’ is a treacherous place to be.


52 posted on 05/12/2016 6:30:23 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Sybeck1

The ‘doctrinaire’ conservatives are being outed as anti-middle class.


53 posted on 05/12/2016 6:30:27 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: Sybeck1

3.2.1. Trump Cult about to throw another great conservative under the bus.

Trump’s got my vote and support, but there are significant concerns about his commitment to conservative ideas and also to his reliability to carry the torch. If I read his website, I love his platform. When he speaks about his solutions, he’s literally all over the board. We all should be able to agree, there’s no clue what will occur in a Trump presidency. He could wipe out Obamacare or he could put together a deal with democrats to fix it and leave 3/4ths of it in place to look more like Canada or England. He’s said both. I am hopeful that his website positions will be a guide post and that conservatives like Lee can help guide policy in the right direction. Thing is, we won’t know until we know.


54 posted on 05/12/2016 6:30:39 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Sybeck1

What is it with these whiny people? I don’t like Trump, either, and I don’t believe anyone, including him, has any idea what he will do if he is elected. However, being “scared to death” is just stupid drama-queen crap.


55 posted on 05/12/2016 6:30:47 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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To: precisionshootist

Comments like Mike Lee’s are making it increasingly clear why we lose votes by one important vote each and every time... we have the appearance of a two party system...


56 posted on 05/12/2016 6:30:55 AM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: Sybeck1

Mike wants to ban online Gambling for Vegas mormon donors.


57 posted on 05/12/2016 6:31:11 AM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal (Senator Scott Brown or Governor Pat McCrory for Donald Trump's VP)
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To: Sybeck1

What a snowflake. Does he need a Safe Space?


58 posted on 05/12/2016 6:32:05 AM PDT by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Sybeck1

Lots of things scare people in Utah. They are so scared they have to wear sacred undies to ward off the voodoo.


59 posted on 05/12/2016 6:32:37 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said. youtube.com/watch?v=HZA9k7WAuiY)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Mormons - still a cult.


60 posted on 05/12/2016 6:33:07 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said. youtube.com/watch?v=HZA9k7WAuiY)
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