8/28/2020, 7:38 am
Staffers from Sen. Mitt Romney's (R-UT) failed 2012 presidential campaign are joining former staffers of President George W. Bush and the late John McCain to help elect Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris.
Thirty-four former Romney staffers have signed onto the group “Romney Alumni for Biden” where they accuse President Trump's of leading the United States “in the wrong direction” and say the nation needs Biden-Harris in the White House to usher in a “mantle of global leadership.”
They write in an open letter:
What unites us now is a deep conviction that four more years of a Trump presidency will morally bankrupt this country, irreparably damage our democracy, and permanently transform the Republican Party into a toxic personality cult.
We can't sit by and allow that to happen.
As lifelong Republicans, we came to this conclusion in different ways and at different times. Some of us voted for Trump in 2016, excited for a no-nonsense political outsider to take on the Washington status quo. Many others never supported him to begin with, shocked that a party committed to the ideals of personal responsibility and patriotic duty would nominate an unhinged narcissist that routinely conflates loyalty to himself with love for country.
The staffers include:
• Vicki Blanton
• Erin Bradley
• Brittany Ladd
• Kristy Campbell
• Robert Morello
• John Hadlock
• Mike Sistak
• Judy Gowen
• Matt Kilfoyle
• John Voith
• Jon Evans
• Jennifer Dodds
• Gabriel Schoenfeld
• Micah Spangler
• David Boyajian
• Mark Voyger
• Emmet O'Neal
• Joe Greeley
• Betsy Rupp
• James Dalthorp
• Anthony Golia
• Kate Weinstein
• Priti Kothari
• Mike Treiser
• Mark McNulty
• Colin Russ
• Breck Denny
• Andrew Stern
• Barrick Bollman
• Mark Hancock
• Chad Adler
• Barb Brady
• Jill (Neunaber) Rulli
• Matt Coote
• Addison Jenkins
• Jonathan Glick
Thirty-four former Romney staffers have signed onto the group “Romney Alumni for Biden” where they accuse President Trump's of leading the United States “in the wrong direction” and say the nation needs Biden-Harris in the White House to usher in a “mantle of global leadership.”
They write in an open letter:
What unites us now is a deep conviction that four more years of a Trump presidency will morally bankrupt this country, irreparably damage our democracy, and permanently transform the Republican Party into a toxic personality cult.
We can't sit by and allow that to happen.
As lifelong Republicans, we came to this conclusion in different ways and at different times. Some of us voted for Trump in 2016, excited for a no-nonsense political outsider to take on the Washington status quo. Many others never supported him to begin with, shocked that a party committed to the ideals of personal responsibility and patriotic duty would nominate an unhinged narcissist that routinely conflates loyalty to himself with love for country.
The staffers include:
• Vicki Blanton
• Erin Bradley
• Brittany Ladd
• Kristy Campbell
• Robert Morello
• John Hadlock
• Mike Sistak
• Judy Gowen
• Matt Kilfoyle
• John Voith
• Jon Evans
• Jennifer Dodds
• Gabriel Schoenfeld
• Micah Spangler
• David Boyajian
• Mark Voyger
• Emmet O'Neal
• Joe Greeley
• Betsy Rupp
• James Dalthorp
• Anthony Golia
• Kate Weinstein
• Priti Kothari
• Mike Treiser
• Mark McNulty
• Colin Russ
• Breck Denny
• Andrew Stern
• Barrick Bollman
• Mark Hancock
• Chad Adler
• Barb Brady
• Jill (Neunaber) Rulli
• Matt Coote
• Addison Jenkins
• Jonathan Glick