Scott Walker: A vote for anyone other than Trump is a vote for Clinton
Before he dropped out of the GOP race last year, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said any of the other Republicans running for president would be better than Hillary Clinton, a statement he reiterated Wednesday during the Republican National Convention.
"I meant it then and I mean it now," Walker said. "Let me be clear: A vote for anyone other than Donald Trump in November is a vote for Hillary Clinton." He demanded an end to "double standards for the Clintons," and called Clinton the "ultimate liberal Washington insider — if she were any more in the inside, she'd be in prison." Throughout his speech, Walker used the catchphrase "America deserves better," and led the crowd in several chants.
In March, Walker chose to endorse Sen. Ted Cruz in the primary, a move Trump blasted. "He certainly can't endorse me after what I did to him in the race, right?" Trump said, before accusing Walker of "not doing a great job."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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