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Jim Rosa: Guess you can’t trust what elite Republicans say

What a lesson in hypocrisy we are witnessing in this election cycle. First the GOP’s “would be’s” such as Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida lambast Donald Trump as the worst person ever to run for president and now state they will vote for him. In about two weeks, Rep. Paul Ryan, who at one time worked on a fair immigration policy, will probably also decide Donald isn’t so bad after all and he too will place “party” above country. Kudos to Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) who, so far, hasn’t reversed his opinion on The Donald.

Jim Rosa, Merced

This story was originally published May 16, 2016 at 12:12 PM with the headline "Jim Rosa: Guess you can’t trust what elite Republicans say."

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