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Ron Reagan Goes Scorched Earth On ‘Traitor’ Trump:
My Dad Wouldn’t Have Voted For Him
“He would have been ... ashamed that a president of the United States was as incompetent and traitorous as the man occupying the White House now.”
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"Ronald Reagan’s younger son lacerated President Donald Trump in a scathing interview with The Daily Beast published Friday, saying his late father would never have voted for Trump.
“He would have been embarrassed and ashamed that a president of the United States was as incompetent and traitorous as the man occupying the White House now,” said Ron Reagan, 61. “He’s a disgrace to the office of the presidency.”
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Reagan ― who spoke to the Beast from Italy, where he lives half the year ― said if his father were alive today, he suspects the popular 40th commander in chief would say something like:
“Our nation is at a real turning point. Our republic is in danger. Democracy is in danger, and we need to put somebody else in the White House because this man is betraying the country every single day he occupies the Oval Office.”
“Our nation is at a real turning point. Our republic is in danger. Democracy is in danger, and we need to put somebody else in the White House because this man is betraying the country every single day he occupies the Oval Office.”
Because of Trump, it is “perhaps the most dangerous time for our republic in my lifetime, perhaps since the Civil War,” said the younger Reagan. Though his views often clashed with those of his conservative father, the liberal commentator said his dad conducted his presidency with “dignity and class...”