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| Hillary Clinton Hopes to Capitalize on Republican Defectors | Hillary Clinton Hopes to Capitalize on Republican Defectors |
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| Hillary Clinton’s campaign would like to turn the drip-drip-drip of Republican defectors abandoning Donald J. Trump into a deluge. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign would like to turn the drip-drip-drip of Republican defectors abandoning Donald J. Trump into a deluge. |
| On Wednesday, after days in which several high-profile Republicans said they could not support Mr. Trump or were endorsing Mrs. Clinton, her campaign introduced an official outreach effort to target Republicans, along with a list of nearly 50 Republican and independent former cabinet secretaries, House and Senate members, ambassadors, national security leaders and business executives who are supporting Mrs. Clinton. | On Wednesday, after days in which several high-profile Republicans said they could not support Mr. Trump or were endorsing Mrs. Clinton, her campaign introduced an official outreach effort to target Republicans, along with a list of nearly 50 Republican and independent former cabinet secretaries, House and Senate members, ambassadors, national security leaders and business executives who are supporting Mrs. Clinton. |
| The group, called Together for America, includes the prominent George W. Bush administration official Carlos M. Gutierrez, a businessman and former secretary of commerce; former Representative Connie Morella, of Maryland; and John D. Negroponte, the former director of national intelligence in the Bush administration. | The group, called Together for America, includes the prominent George W. Bush administration official Carlos M. Gutierrez, a businessman and former secretary of commerce; former Representative Connie Morella, of Maryland; and John D. Negroponte, the former director of national intelligence in the Bush administration. |
| The list also includes previously announced supporters, including Meg Whitman, the California Republican fund-raiser and technology executive. | The list also includes previously announced supporters, including Meg Whitman, the California Republican fund-raiser and technology executive. |
| “Together for America will work to build the coalition of Republican and independents who are supporting Clinton and help amplify their voices to Republican and independent voters,” Ms. Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said in a statement. | “Together for America will work to build the coalition of Republican and independents who are supporting Clinton and help amplify their voices to Republican and independent voters,” Ms. Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said in a statement. |
| The announcement of the group comes a day after Senator Susan Collins of Maine said she could not support Mr. Trump and seems a remarkable turn of events, after Mrs. Clinton’s campaign had tried for many months in the Democratic primary to win over the liberal wing of the party. But Ms. Collins, like many Republicans who dislike Mr. Trump, also don’t support Mrs. Clinton. | The announcement of the group comes a day after Senator Susan Collins of Maine said she could not support Mr. Trump and seems a remarkable turn of events, after Mrs. Clinton’s campaign had tried for many months in the Democratic primary to win over the liberal wing of the party. But Ms. Collins, like many Republicans who dislike Mr. Trump, also don’t support Mrs. Clinton. |
| The Together for America effort seemed to use the Republican supporters to send the implicit message to others who may be sheepish about supporting a Democratic candidate who has for so long been at odds with Republicans. | The Together for America effort seemed to use the Republican supporters to send the implicit message to others who may be sheepish about supporting a Democratic candidate who has for so long been at odds with Republicans. |
| The Clinton campaign’s chairman, John D. Podesta, wants to persuade reluctant Republicans to not only reject Mr. Trump, but also to support Mrs. Clinton, because of her “temperament, global experience and commitment to America’s bedrock national values,” he said in a statement. | The Clinton campaign’s chairman, John D. Podesta, wants to persuade reluctant Republicans to not only reject Mr. Trump, but also to support Mrs. Clinton, because of her “temperament, global experience and commitment to America’s bedrock national values,” he said in a statement. |
| Mrs. Clinton herself made an appeal Wednesday to voters in Utah, a state that has consistently voted Republican in recent decades. In an editorial in The Deseret News, Mrs. Clinton courted Mormon voters who have been resistant to Mr. Trump. Mrs. Clinton wrote that she has been “fighting to defend religious freedom for years.” |