‘I’d back Clinton over Trump’: Major Republican donor insists Democrat is ‘lesser of two evils’ as he launches wave of attack ads
Latest polls show Trump with 36 per cent support in primary race, with Cruz in second place and Bush plummeting to just 3 per cent.
One of Florida’s biggest conservative Republican moneymen – and a billionaire backer of Jeb Bush – is so disgusted by Donald Trump’s candidacy that if he has to, he’ll do the unthinkable:
“If I have a choice – and you can put it in bold – if I have a choice between Trump and Hillary Clinton, I’m choosing Hillary,” Miami health care magnate Mike Fernandez told the Miami Herald. “She’s the lesser of two evils.”
Outraged by Trump’s unimpeded ascent, Fernandez is taking on the GOP front runner himself. He purchased a full-page ad in the Sunday edition of the Herald calling Trump a “narcissistic BULLYionaire with a hunger to be adored.”
He also likened him to some of history’s bloodiest demagogues.
“You have no idea how furious I am with my friends in the Republican Party who have embraced this guy,” Fernandez said.
Fernandez, who also plans to run the ads in Des Moines and Las Vegas newspapers on December 14, said he didn’t notify the Bush campaign of his plans. Fernandez was the single highest donor to the political committee backing Bush, Right to Rise USA, as of the last financial disclosure report at the end of June. His contribution: more than US$3 million.
