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Posted on 06/14/2016 6:53:09 AM PDT by Cyberman
A former Republican senator is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president after the mass shooting in Orlando, citing her support for gun control.
Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) called for universal background checks on all gun sales and an assault weapons ban Monday in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
"I can't believe I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, but I am," said Pressler, who spoke with The Hill on Monday after endorsing Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in a statement issued over the weekend....
He said he feels disenfranchised by Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and modern-day congressional Republicans who have opposed efforts to expand background checks for gun sales.
"We need to go the route of more gun control as a result of Orlando and all the other shootings that have occurred," Pressler said. "But it's almost as though Republicans are saying gun control shouldn't be part of the conversation at all."
But gun control isn't the only reason why Pressler is ready to join "Republicans for Clinton" — he's also concerned about Trump's rhetoric on Muslims.
"This election is starting to sound like the German elections in [the late 1920s]," Pressler said. "This is a very dangerous national conversation we're slipping into."
Pressler, a Mormon Sunday school teacher, said he understands all too well the dangers of singling out a particular religious group.
In 1838, Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs ordered Mormons to be killed, which forced many to leave the state before eventually resettling in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Trump makes "Mormons very nervous," Pressler said....
Capt. Colin is what I like to call him.
AND ANOTHER RINO exposed!
He’s probably looking for a job, and he knows Hillary is being supported by big money donors, so there you go!
One of my FAVORITE QUOTES
I knew Larry Pressler at one time.
He turned Mormon, too!!!! (Converted by Clayton Christensen—”disruptive innovation”, blah, blah, blah).
May Christ our True God have mercy on him, and bring him to the true Faith. And may He have mercy on me, a sinner, and save us all from the warmongering clintons!!!!
We all know that there is only one new law (a Constitutional Amendment rescinding the 2nd Amendment) that would have prevented that Moslem asshole FRom buying his weapons!
We are here to ensure that law is never enacted!
I went over the county-by-county election result maps in states that border Utah. In every case, the counties with high Mormon populations went for Cruz. The majority of new converts to Mormonism (and they Actively seek converts) come from Mexico and Latin America; this has been the trend for the last 20 years.
Trump is threatening their supply lines, so they're against him.
This asshole does not have critical thinking skills and should be mopping floors in an airport men’s room.
Good point.
Simply stated, he wasn’t really a Republican in the first place.
I've seen polls and analyses that suggest that the Democrats have a serious chance to win Utah this time.
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they have gone stark raving bonkers
Even if Trump is as liberal as some claim, he’s our only hope.
I can see why he is a “former” GOP Senator
What I don’t understand is how in the world he thinks he is remotely relevant.
Then he’s an a$$hole.
Even harder to believe he has any conservative credentials of loves America....
"We don't want him
You can have him
He's too wuss for us....tra la"
Leni
He endorsed the Won in 2008 and 2012, so this is hardly a new thing for him.
Hillary and her husband make many Orthodox Christians VERY nervous!!!!
1. the bombing of the Bosnian Serbs, and the demonization of their leaders
2.The 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia, and handing over Serbian Kosovo to the KLA muslim Albanian savages
3. The Noodlehead (Nuland) coup in Ukraine, bringing NATO to Russia’s borders despite GHW Bush’s promise never to do so, and pushing for war with Russia!!!!
PHOOEY to the clintons, obama, Noodlehead, and Pressler!!!!
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