* Former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar announced in 2016 that he wasn’t voting for Donald Trump….
Former Illinois governor Jim Edgar turning heads after making a somewhat shocking announcement Tuesday.
“I’ve always voted for the Republican candidate. This will be the first time I will not vote for the Republican candidate for president. And I say that, it kind of bothers me as a Republican, but the presidency is too important to let a partisan identification to keep you from making the correct vote,” said Edgar.
* Edgar said he’d vote for Joe Biden in 2020…
Former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar said Monday that he is voting for Democrat Joe Biden for president this year.
“The biggest thing … was the issue of character,” Edgar said in an interview. “I just think Joe Biden is a very decent person.”
And he said that while he thought GOP President Donald Trump “might grow into the job” after the 2016 campaign, “I don’t think he’s done that.”
“I have been very disappointed,” Edgar said. “We’ve had chaos for four years we didn’t need to have. I mean, there’s always going to be some turmoil, but he stirs it up. He bullies. You can’t believe what he says because he’ll do the different thing the next day. … He’s bungled the virus, there’s no doubt about that. He continued to stir up division in the country, (when) a president should be trying to bring people together. I mean, the list goes on and on.”
* Two weeks ago…
Former two-term Republican Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar points out that state Republicans are losing elections and influence as the party follows Trump to the right.
“In Illinois, it hurts us to have a party that really is pretty much controlled by a faction that doesn’t appeal to the majority in the state,” he said.
* So, it should be no surprise that he’s voting for Kamala Harris this year…
…Adding… From Personal PAC…
Leading abortion advocacy organizations urged Vice President Kamala Harris to choose Gov. Pritzker as her running mate in her 2024 presidential campaign in a letter sent Wednesday night.
The letter, signed by Personal PAC CEO Sarah Garza Resnick and Men4Choice Advocacy Executive Director and Founder Oren Jacobson, highlights Pritzker’s work as a champion for abortion access, and says a Harris-Pritzker ticket would be a “force to be reckoned with.”
The full letter is here.
