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The San Diego Union-Tribune says it can't back presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, so it wants you to vote for Ronald Reagan instead.Video provided by Newsy Newslook
The San Diego Union Tribune<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is so unhappy with the prospect of Donald Trump as president, the editorial board on Thursday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>encouraged its readers to write in Ronald Reagan — yes, the former president who is no longer alive.
The editorial begins by saying that while Trump has captured the majority of the Republican party “there are so many ways Trump is unfit to lead the free world.”
The newspaper points to Trump’s criticism of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s heritage. Curiel is the judge in charge of a lawsuit over<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Trump University and Trump has accused him of being biased because he is of Mexican descent (Curiel was born in the United States.)
“We believe in a more unifying message,” the board writes.
“So what do Republicans who don’t accept Trump’s style or substance — including all three Bushes, Mitt Romney, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, George Will and Charles Krauthammer — do? Certainly, the Republican Party has an argument for the presidency. Today, the principles of the party of Ronald Reagan are as relevant as ever: a stable border, a strong military and economic policy focused on low taxes, less bureaucracy and limited regulation.
Those are not the principles of Trump, who promises to build a border wall, recommends torture and killing terrorists’ families and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>speculates about reneging on our debts. What would happen to Reagan’s party in the hands of Trump? What would happen to San Diego?”
In this Sept. 10, 1987 file photo, Pope John Paul II, right, meets with President Ronald Reagan in the Vizcaya, a lavish mansion on Biscayne Bay, in Miami.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Arturo Mari, AP)
The editorial board says that Trump “doesn’t deserve the party’s mandate” and encourages voters to write in Reagan’s name on the June 7 primary ballot instead.
“Maybe Trump will get the message,” the board writes.
The editorial comes the same day The Washington Post editorial board wrote a scathing editorial after House Speaker Paul Ryan announced he would support Donald Trump, after all. The editorial titled "Mr. Ryan's endorsement of Trump is sad day for the GOP — and America."
"On Thursday Mr. Ryan capitulated to ugliness. It was a sad day for the speaker, for his party and for all Americans who hoped that some Republican leaders would have the fortitude to put principle over partisanship, job security or the forlorn fantasy that Mr.?Trump will advance a traditional GOP agenda," the board wrote.
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