Posted on 11/08/2016 6:59:00 AM PST by raccoonradio
Gov. Charlie Baker, the state's most prominent Republican, did not cast a vote for president of the United States for the first time in his life today.
"This is the first time I haven't voted for president and I'm obviously disappointed about that," Baker said outside The First Church in Swampscott, where he was 40th in line to vote - his wife Lauren, 39th - at 7 a.m. in a 35-degree chill.
Baker also passed on penning a write-in candidate. "But you know what? I have lots of friends who are voting for Hillary Clinton. I have lots of friends who are voting for Donald Trump, and I respect their opinion and I respect their decision," he said.
"I said many months ago that I wasn't going to be able to support Donald Trump for a number of reasons" he said of his party's candidate, "and that Hillary Clinton had believability problems. And nothing's happened in the past nine months to change my mind on that.
"Look, everybody gets to make up their mind on how they want to respond on Election Day," Baker said, when asked how voters might view his example to skip a check mark for POTUS. "The good news here is we had a million people who turned out before Election Day and based on the lines ... it's going to be a big turnout day here in Massachusetts."
Most importantly, Baker said once the final results are in, "It's going to be really important for people to send signals and to do things that support the notion that we are still all in this together."
Baker did divulge that he voted for Republican Anne Manning-Martin for Essex County sheriff, saying, "I think she's a terrific person."
As for the four ballot questions, Baker voted no on slot machines, yes on expanding charter school choices, yes on improving the lives of farm animals and no on legalizing recreational marijuana.
I voted yes on 2 but most mass people seem to be voting no.
Massachusetts Assclown. I’m so proud.
The nice thing about it is that his non-vote doesn’t matter. MA was always going to Hillary. But now any Repub in MA knows the true character of their governor.
You got it. You poor souls in Mass can leave Charlie’s portion of the ballot blank when he’s up for re-election.
Charlie doesn’t have the brains to realize that he has surely lost a large number of “potential” votes if and when he ever runs for office again.
Our governor has voted for a person who has done things that would have put any other citizen in jail.
(I think I’ve tipped off where I live.)
RINO.
End of story.
So this elected official just pissed on one of his most precious rights, the right to vote. Hpoefully if he ever runs for office again the voters will follow his direction and not vote.
He’s a turd of the highest order, no mistaking that.
At least with Democrat liberals, you see the knife coming at you, or at least you assume it is.
These guys need to be ejected from the GOP.
Grandstanding. Does that make him better than everyone else because he did not vote and then tells everyone?
Call him Charlie Blanker because he blanked his ballot. And today...
tweet from Gov Baker
>>I congratulate @realDonaldTrump, and it is my hope that the President-elect works quickly to unite our country after a divisive election.
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