-Hewlett Packard executive, Republican fund-raiser, former Republican candidate for governor of California.
-"berated [Donald Trump] as a threat to American democracy."
-“I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her,” Ms. Whitman said in a telephone interview.
-said it was time for Republicans “to put country first before party.”
-Using remarkably blunt language, she argued that the election of Mr. Trump, whom she called “a dishonest demagogue,” could lead the country “on a very dangerous journey.”
-"noted that democracies had seldom lasted longer than a few hundred years and warned that those who say that “it can’t happen here” are being naïve.
-also said she “absolutely” stood by her comments at a private gathering of Republican donors this year comparing Mr. Trump to Hitler and Mussolini, explaining that dictators often come to office through democratic means.
-“Time and again history has shown that when demagogues have gotten power or come close to getting power, it usually does not end well."
- asserted that Mr. Trump had already “undermined the character of the nation.”
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-was a leading fund-raiser for Mr. Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign and was a chairwoman of Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential finance team this year.
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“I don’t agree with her on very many issues but she would be a much better president than Donald Trump.”
-"berated [Donald Trump] as a threat to American democracy."
-“I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her,” Ms. Whitman said in a telephone interview.
-said it was time for Republicans “to put country first before party.”
-Using remarkably blunt language, she argued that the election of Mr. Trump, whom she called “a dishonest demagogue,” could lead the country “on a very dangerous journey.”
-"noted that democracies had seldom lasted longer than a few hundred years and warned that those who say that “it can’t happen here” are being naïve.
-also said she “absolutely” stood by her comments at a private gathering of Republican donors this year comparing Mr. Trump to Hitler and Mussolini, explaining that dictators often come to office through democratic means.
-“Time and again history has shown that when demagogues have gotten power or come close to getting power, it usually does not end well."
- asserted that Mr. Trump had already “undermined the character of the nation.”
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-was a leading fund-raiser for Mr. Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign and was a chairwoman of Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential finance team this year.
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“I don’t agree with her on very many issues but she would be a much better president than Donald Trump.”