A top GOP fundraiser is campaigning for Hillary Clinton today

Meg Whitman shows support for Hillary Clinton.
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On Tuesday, Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman will become the first Republican to publicly campaign for Hillary Clinton. Whitman — previously a top Republican fundraiser, the GOP's 2010 gubernatorial nominee in California, and now a vocal Donald Trump detractor — will meet with business leaders in Denver to discuss the Democratic presidential nominee's proposals for jobs.

While Whitman is far from the only Republican to throw her support behind Clinton, she will be the first to make an appearance on the campaign trail on Clinton's behalf. Initially, Whitman backed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) in the presidential primary. Earlier this month, however, she announced she would support Clinton over Trump, who, Talking Points Memo reported, she believes to be a "'demagogue' who has 'exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia, and racial division.'"

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