Women to Stop Donald
Trump
"Republican
Women for Hillary."
Republican women
organize to support Clinton
Chris Moody
By Chris Moody, CNN
Senior Digital Correspondent
Sun July 3, 2016
"Republican
Women for Hillary."
Their motivation?
Stop Donald Trump.
"It's really
important that Republican leaders, especially Republican women leaders, stand
up right now and say we're not OK with Trump representing our party,"
said Jennifer Lim,
a group founder
who works at the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and has spent much of her life volunteering
for
Republican causes and campaigns.
"This is not a
position I ever wanted to find myself in.
But it's important
that when things like this happen that people speak up."
Over the next
several months, members of Republican Women for Hillary plan to provide cover
for Republicans looking to speak out against Trump, whose surprising rise has
torn the party apart.
U.S. Chamber of
Commerce
the Chamber clashed
with Trump over his embrace of protectionist trade policies,
Over the next
several months, members of Republican Women for Hillary plan to provide cover
for Republicans looking to speak out against Trump, whose surprising rise has
torn the party apart.
Faced with a choice
between Clinton and Trump, some Republicans have begrudgingly agreed to support
him while others are simply opting out of the election. But for these women who
founded the group, (and one man who has joined in solidarity), Trump's bombastic
style, offensive rhetoric toward women and minorities, slapdash policy
"suggestions" risk destroying the party.
This is the
post-primary Never Trump movement in action. Their new organization, which is
not affiliated with the Clinton campaign, is part support group and part
activist hub: They intend to host off-the-record social events for like-minded
conservatives and sponsor get-out-the-vote efforts for Clinton. They started in
May by launching accounts on Facebook and Twitter and are planning to make an
appearance at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia next month.
The United States
Chamber of Commerce is a business-oriented American lobbying group.
It is not an agency
of the United States government.
Politically,
the Chamber is
generally considered to be a conservative organization
