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| Colin Powell endorses Joe Biden. He said that Republicans have lost a generation of voters thanks to Trump. |
The former Secretary of State under George W. Bush endorsed Joe Biden for president.
Powell is a retired four-star general for the U.S. Army. He was a former National Security Advisor, Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Powell had previously endorsed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for president in the last elections.
He said that the party is drifting further into white nationalism. Powell said that John McCain, Mitt Romney and Donald J. Trump embrace far-right agitators who continue to drive "wedges" between Americans. He said that the embracing of Fox News, talk radio and Breitbart has all but made the Republican Party a former shell of itself.
Powell is a former Republican turned independent. He has been a Republican for a long time. He was even regarded as a mentor to Obama, Roland Burris, Mo Cowan, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ),
Powell on CNN this morning said that Trump has "drifted away" from the U.S. Constitution and "lies about things."
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| Donald Trump claims that 96% of the Republican Party supports him. |
"Insulting Gold Star mothers, insulting John McCain, insulting immigrants, and I'm son of immigrants. Insulting anybody ho dares to speak against him. And that is dangerous for our democracy, it is dangerous for our country. And I think what we're seeing now, the most massive protest movement I have ever seen in my life, I think the country is getting wise to this and we're not going to put up with it anymore."
"I cannot in any way support President Trump this year," Powell said.
Jake Tapper said would you vote for Joe Biden.
Powell said, "I will be voting for him."
"I think he has not been an effective president. He lies all the time. He began lying the day of inauguration, when we got into an argument about the size of the crowd that was there. People are writing books about this favorite thing of lying. And I don't think that's in our interest," Powell said.
"Every American citizen has to sit down, think it through and make a decision on their own. Don't listen to everybody out there. Don't read every newspaper. Think it through. Use your common sense and say, 'Is this good for my country?' before you say, 'This is good for me.'"
Now last month, Republicans and leftist agitators were seizing on the "You ain't Black" remarks Biden made when he was talking to The Breakfast Club's host Charlamagne Tha God. The agitator had been pushing Biden on his legislation past and was calling on Biden to take a stronger approach to winning Black votes. Biden said that the difference is clear, Trump or him. When he was ending the interview he made the remarks and leftists and conservatives were using this as an attempt to distract from Trump's failure to control the COVID-19 crisis.
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| Colin Powell endorsed Joe Biden for president. |
Trump has bragged that he has strong approval among Republicans.
Wow! 96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party (and I believe this was before the “GREAT” Jobs Numbers yesterday). Thank you!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2020
Only a few have spoken against Trump.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is struggling over endorsing Trump for reelection. After the controversial bible photo-op, Murkowski had to step back a bit. She said that she supported former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in his criticisms of Trump.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) also criticized Trump. He said that he will not support Trump for reelection.
George W. Bush also came out and said he's not going to endorse Trump or any Republican running for office this year.
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