George Will to leave Republican Party over Donald Trump
- 8 years ago
Conservative commentator and journalist George Will said he is leaving the Republican Party over its impending nomination of Donald Trump as the party’s presidential standard-bearer.
“This is not my party,” Mr. Will said at a Friday event hosted by the conservative legal organization Federalist Society, according to the website PJMedia.
Will said that he changed his voter registration from “Republican” to “unaffiliated” several weeks ago, the day after House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)
endorsed Trump.
Mr. Will’s departure from the party is the latest in a string of conservatives and Republicans who say that Mr. Trump is an unsuitable nominee for the party.
Will did not say which presidential candidate he will be supporting instead.
“This is not my party,” Mr. Will said at a Friday event hosted by the conservative legal organization Federalist Society, according to the website PJMedia.
Will said that he changed his voter registration from “Republican” to “unaffiliated” several weeks ago, the day after House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)
endorsed Trump.
Mr. Will’s departure from the party is the latest in a string of conservatives and Republicans who say that Mr. Trump is an unsuitable nominee for the party.
Will did not say which presidential candidate he will be supporting instead.