Esper says he wouldn’t vote for Trump..‘We need a new generation of..

Source: The Hill | May 10, 2022 | Chloe Folmar

Esper says he wouldn’t vote for Trump in 2024: ‘We need a new generation of Republican leaders’

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Tuesday said in an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he would not vote to reelect former President Trump in 2024, saying, “We need a new generation of Republican leaders.”

When asked if he would vote for the president he served under if he runs for the White House again, Esper responded: “No, and I’ll tell you why. Because in my view, any elected leader needs to meet some basic criteria: they need to be able to put country over self, they need to have a certain amount of integrity and principle, they need to be able to reach across the aisle and bring people together and unite the country. Look, Donald Trump doesn’t meet those marks for me.”

Esper said that the U.S. needs a “new generation of Republican leaders” who can both advance a Republican agenda and unite the country.

“We need a new generation of Republican leaders who will advance those core items for any Republican, right: stronger military, lower taxes, deregulation, conservative judges, you name it, we need people who can do it while also growing the Republican base and uniting the country,” Esper said.

Esper condemned “extreme partisanship” in both parties, placing emphasis on the importance of uniting people to accomplish items that will benefit the whole country.

“The biggest threat we face today, I’m afraid, is extreme partisanship on both sides of the aisle that is causing dysfunction in Washington, D.C. and not allowing us to address these major issues—whether it’s China or the budget, you name it, we have to solve this problem and we need a leader that can do that,” Esper said.

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  • Consistent May 10, 2022 at 11:45 am #53514

    Consistent May 10, 2022 at 11:47 am #53515

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    EVERYDAY May 10, 2022 at 2:22 pm #53518

    Don’t care what Esper does or what he says. He was a coward when this country needed brave men and women to come forward with what they knew about Trump — all so he could turn that knowledge into a money-making book. Esper put himself over his country. He should be ashamed but probably never will be.

    Consistent May 10, 2022 at 10:10 pm #53525

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