Hillary Clinton picks up some more Republican endorsements

Hillary Clinton is unveiling endorsements from GOP business leaders

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published 23 June 2016

Stalwarts of the Republican foreign policy establishment have started endorsing Democrat Hillary Clinton over GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump, and on Thursday, the Clinton camp is announcing the endorsement of several Republican business leaders. There are some frequent Democratic supporters among the more than 50 business executives whose backing the Clinton campaign is highlighting — Google's Eric Schmidt, Warren Buffet, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, and Barry Diller, for example — but also longtime Republicans like AT&T Service's Jim Cicconi and Dan Akerson, a former top executive at GM and Nextel.

Cicconi, who served in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, has supported every GOP nominee since Gerald Ford, "but this year I think it's vital to put our country's well-being ahead of party," he said in a statement to The Wall Street Journal. "Hillary Clinton is experienced, qualified, and will make a fine president. The alternative, I fear, would set our nation on a very dark path."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.