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Marcos Daniel Jiménez said he is no longer a member of the Republican Party because it has turned into a “party of hate.”
Marcos Daniel Jiménez isn’t buying Trump’s “law and order” act.
Marcos Daniel Jiménez, a former U.S attorney appointed by President George W. Bush, rescinded his Republican Party membership Monday night in a Facebook post claiming the party’s core principles had been hijacked by an unstable leader.
“I have decided that I will no longer be associated in any way with a party that is led by a bigoted, dangerous demagogue and that has become a party dominated by fear, anger and hate,” said the status, first reported by Politico.
In the post, which is no longer publicly available, Jiménez appeared to take a shot at GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. “Republicans should make no mistake about this,” he wrote. “You now clearly belong to the party of hate … you are supporting a strongman who believes all of that.”
Trump has dubbed himself the “law and order candidate,” but Jiménez ― whose LinkedIn profile says he was “head of the largest organized crime drug enforcement task force in the U.S.” during his time as a U.S. attorney ― doesn’t seem to buy it.
Despite previous reports, Jiménez said his Facebook post was not deleted. When asked for comment, he told The Huffington Post via email that what he wrote “is self-explanatory.” He offered to send it in an email, but did not respond in time for publishing.
Jiménez is just the latest example of a Republican jumping ship over the party’s presidential nominee. Since Trump’s ascension, a handful of influential Republican leaders have bowed out of the GOP. Last month, prominent conservative journalist and commentator George Will changed his voter registration to “unaffiliated” and Iowa state Sen. David Johnson switched from Republican to independent.
At the Republican National Convention last week, chaos erupted when delegates began a “roll call” chant in a last-ditch effort to present a united front against the Trump campaign. The scene exposed the lingering tension between Trump supporters and the so-called Never Trump movement.
H/T Raw Story
U.S. Attorney Under George W. Ditches GOP Over ‘Dangerous Demagogue’ Trump
Wow, I just love honorable and sane Republicans! Reminds me of the good old days when I voted more Republican than Democrat. Marcos Daniel Jiménez, I salute you, Sir!