Joe Walsh: ‘I Will Never Support Trump Again’

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Thursday, July 28, 2011, that Walsh's ex-wife, Layra Walsh has sued her ex-husband for more than $117,000 in what she says is unpaid child support and interest. Laura Walsh filed the claim in December in their divorce case. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) — FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Thursday, July 28, 2011, that Walsh's ex-wife, Laura Walsh has sued her ... FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Thursday, July 28, 2011, that Walsh's ex-wife, Laura Walsh has sued her ex-husband for more than $117,000 in what she says is unpaid child support and interest. Laura Walsh filed the claim in December in their divorce case. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) MORE LESS

July 16, 2018 12:26 p.m.

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Joe Walsh, the former Illinois Republican congressman who endorsed arming toddlers recently, said Monday that he’d never support President Donald Trump after seeing Trump’s joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He called Trump a “traitor.”

Look, I'm no big deal, but today is the final straw for me. I will never support Trump again. If that makes me a NeverTrumper, so be it.

I am a tea party conservative, that will never change. But Trump was a traitor to this country today. That must not be accepted.

Speak out.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 16, 2018

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formerchild says:

July 16, 2018

Pot, meet kettle.
irasdad says:

July 16, 2018

“Trump was a traitor to this country today.”

Making you and how many other Republicans co-conspirators and guilty-as-hell accessories in that treason?
clauscph says:

July 16, 2018

“Shut up and play you guitar - outside !”
erik_t says:

July 16, 2018

Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, look up from your pit at who has more decency and love for his country than you do.
hornblower says:

July 16, 2018

I agree with the part that you are no big deal.

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