More than 70 US Republican Party officials announced their support for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, and identified 10 reasons that pushed them to abandon their party’s candidate, US President Donald Trump.
The list includes many lawmakers and officials who worked with successive US administrations during the era of Presidents Reagan, George Bush Sr and Jr., Barack Obama, and even Trump himself.
Under the slogan "We are the people who put the nation above the party," many Republicans addressed the recent Democratic convention and nominated Biden to run in the November elections against Republican President Donald Trump.
Immediately, the Democrats began working to exploit and market these withdrawals on the grounds that they reflected that Joe Biden was the national candidate who could unite the Americans.
The list of 70 identified ten reasons confirming in their view that Trump is not fit to be president, and they expressed their deep concern about the path the United States took under his leadership "because of his actions and rhetoric."
The reasons that led them to the decision are that Trump does not have the necessary competence to lead the country, harm him to the American leadership role in the world, distort the reputation of the United States, undermine its moral and diplomatic influence, as well as describe Europe as the enemy, his mockery of the leaders of friendly countries, and his threat to end long-term American alliances.
They also accused Trump of endangering national security, working to divide society, and failing to respond to the threat of the emerging corona virus.
In addition to the 70 officials who signed the list, many prominent Republican politicians have expressed their support for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, while others have said only that they will not vote for Trump.
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in an interview with "CNN", former Republican Representative Charlie Dent said that he would not help Trump's re-election as president of the United States. He added that the position on Trump is not about right and left, but rather about right and wrong.
Also, former Ohio Governor John Kasich stressed that he would not stand by Trump, and pledged to support Biden despite his disagreement with him on some political issues.
Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman said that the current elections are not about choosing between Republicans and Democrats, but rather looking for someone who can put things back in place, save the economy and work with all parties.
While the Republican division widens ahead of their convention, the Democrats are united behind Joe Biden, who served as vice president in Barack Obama's two states.
On Friday, Joe Biden announced the acceptance of the Democratic Party's nomination to run for the presidency, and pledged to treat "a country burdened with a deadly virus pandemic and a split over the four-year period of Donald Trump's presidency."
Biden said, "The current president plunged America into a very long darkness ... in very great anger ... in very great fear ... in a very strong division."
"I am from here now, I promise you: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will extract the best of us, not the worst of us."
Polls show Biden is ahead of President Trump.
Next Monday, the Republican Party will choose Trump as its official candidate.
The conference will start in Charlotte, North Carolina, but Trump will be in another area not far from this main state in the presidential election.