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Republican Colin Powell Endorses Joe Biden on Second Night of DNC

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Republican Colin Powell Endorses Joe Biden On Second Night Of DNC [forbes.com]:

TOPLINE

Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican who served as Secretary of State to President George W. Bush, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in a video [twitter.com] set to be played at the Democratic convention, one of several Republicans who have thrown their support behind Biden this week.

KEY FACTS

“The values I learned growing up in the South Bronx and serving in uniform were the same values that Joe Biden’s parents instilled in him in Scranton, Pennsylvania,” Powell says in a teaser [youtube.com] of the video released to YouTube.

Powell, who said [forbes.com] in June he would vote for Biden, continues, “I support Joe Biden for the presidency of the United States because those values still define him and we need to restore those values to the White House.”

Powell calls for a president who “takes care of our troops and the same way he would his own family.”

“For Joe Biden, that doesn’t need teaching. It comes from the experience he shares with millions of military families, sending his beloved son off to war and praying to god he comes home safe,” Powell says, referring to Biden’s late son Beau Biden, a Delaware National Guardsman who fought in the Iraq War.

Powell joins a number of Republicans who have announced their support for Biden during the Democratic convention; speaking [forbes.com] on Biden’s behalf on Monday were former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, former Rep. Susan Molinari of New York and Quibi CEO Meg Whitman.

Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican Sen. John McCain, is also backing Biden, narrating a video [forbes.com] for the convention about her husband’s “unlikely” friendship with the former vice president.

Key Background

Among the dozens of prominent former GOP officials who have endorsed [forbes.com] Biden are four Cabinet secretaries, more than half-a-dozen members of Congress and even two ex-Trump administration officials.

Crucial Quote

Kasich made a pitch for his Republican colleagues uneasy about backing Trump to throw their support behind Biden during a CNN appearance on Tuesday, telling them it’s “okay” to vote for a Democrat. "You don't just have to not like Trump and write in your mother-in-law," Kasich said [twitter.com].

What To Watch For

Kasich may have been referencing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who has said [t.co] he will not vote for Trump but that he may instead write in his wife Ann. Retiring Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) also said he wouldn’t vote for Trump, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in June she was “struggling [forbes.com]” with the question. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has said [theweek.com] he knows of at least five Republican senators who are wavering on whether to vote for Trump, but it remains to be seen if any sitting GOP official will go as far as publicly voicing support for Biden.

Kasich may have been referencing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who has said [t.co] he will not vote for Trump but that he may instead write in his wife Ann. Retiring Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) also said he wouldn’t vote for Trump, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in June she was “struggling [forbes.com]” with the question. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has said [theweek.com] he knows of at least five Republican senators who are wavering on whether to vote for Trump, but it remains to be seen if any sitting GOP official will go as far as publicly voicing support for Biden.

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