United States: in Tennessee, Scott Carey supports Joe Biden "but remains Republican"

Tennessee Republican Party legal counsel Scott Carey will vote for Democrat Joe Biden but remains a Republican.

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Legal counsel for the Republican Party of Tennessee for 15 years and Republican delegate to the Convention since 2008, Scott Carey has just signed a column titled I'm a Republican for Life, but that's why I'm going to vote for Joe Biden.

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In his desire to unite the country, Joe Biden, who presents himself as the compromise candidate, made appeals with his foot to Republicans who would be disappointed by Donald Trump.

Like members of the Lincoln Project, a group of dissident conservatives that formed after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, a number of former governors, members of the administration, CIA employees and others. Republican Party politicians - such as the wife of Senator John McCain - have called for votes for Joe Biden.

This is also the case for Scott Carey, legal counsel for the Republican Party of Tennessee for 15 years and Republican delegate to the Convention since 2008.

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Scott Carey:

Since

was published I have had many Republican friends who have called me up and said, ' 

 ”.

It was my conscience that prompted me to affirm my vote publicly.

This election is about safeguarding the soul of the United States and defining who we want to be in the future.

Donald Trump does not reflect our nation.

As someone involved in political affairs, I had to tell my children and their friends, who are barely 20 years old, that this election is not normal, that this presidency is not normal and that we can do better.

What do you blame Donald Trump for

The President of the United States must be exemplary, honest, competent, he must be a man of confidence.

All of this misses Donald Trump.

And it's not just his personality, he's just not cut out for the job.

For four years, I have observed.

I am happy that he has appointed many judges, his policy of deregulating the economy has given some good results, but in general, his migration policy, the Muslim Ban (anti-terrorism presidential decree restricting Muslim immigration, editor's note) , the fact of putting children in cages and separating them from their parents at the border, his management of the pandemic, which he turned into a controversy rather than making it a national emergency, all this not only means I am not voting for him, but I am voting for his opponent, Joe Biden.

Does the fact that you reject Donald Trump mean that you actually support Joe Biden

I'm not a fan of Biden, and I don't agree with everything, but I also think that on the issue of the environment the United States has to be a driving force and that yes, systemic racism exists and that we need to solve the inequalities in our society.

For the good of the United States, we need to be able to all work together, as we did before, when the heart of the Trump movement is to divide us.

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So I support Joe Biden, but I remain a Republican.

I'm not quitting the party, because if people like me quit, then we will have lost it forever.

The Republican Party was co-opted by Donald Trump.

He intimidated elected Republican officials, many felt compelled to fall into line.

So, Trump must be firmly beaten so that we can regain control of the party.

What will happen to the Republican Party if Donald Trump loses the election

That's a good question and I think we are all wondering what will happen, what will be the next chapter.

What worries me is that people are so disgusted that they reject the Republican Party as a whole and that we lose the Senate, when it would be good to maintain a balance of power within the institutions.

After the election, I hope that there will be an awareness and a revival within the party, of the fact that society has rejected not only Donald Trump, but his entire political line and that if we want to regain power , we will have to change, re-found the party.

This is what I hope.

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