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Longtime Newscaster Explains Why He’d Rather Not Vote for Trump: ‘It’s Not About Politics’

by Sandra Rhodes
April 5, 2024 at 9:09 am
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Longtime Newscaster Explains Why He’d Rather Not Vote for Trump: ‘It’s Not About Politics’

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 05: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Dan Rather at SiriusXM Studios on November 05, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

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Dan Rather makes no bones about it. He will not be voting for former President Donald Trump — and it has nothing to do with Trump’s politics.

The former CBS newscaster took to X, formerly Twitter, to explain why he opposes Trump. It appears it has more to do with Trump as a person than as a politician.

“A few people have asked why I vehemently oppose Trump,” Rather wrote on Wednesday. “Let me make this perfectly clear. It’s not about politics. I’ve voted for both parties.”

“It’s about me, as a patriot, rejecting a cheating, lying, racist, treasonous, fascist and vile man who attacks the free press, and wants to lead the country I love,” he said. “It’s really that simple.”

A few people have asked why I vehemently oppose Trump.

Let me make this perfectly clear. It's not about politics. I've voted for both parties.

It's about me, as a patriot, rejecting a cheating, lying, racist, treasonous, fascist, and vile man who attacks the free press, and…

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) April 3, 2024

The responses on X varied from siding with Rather to calling it “fake news” — a rallying cry for Trump supporters.

You are fake news, Dan. Everyone knows.

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 4, 2024

Thank you Mr. Rather, you are a true American🙏🇺🇸🌊🙏

— A Canadian Named Fong (@albertksfong1) April 3, 2024

My father and uncle were WWll Veterans. My uncle was in France …he didn’t speak for a year after he came home. What they fought for, and why they served… is not respected by Trump. He doesn’t understand. He doesn’t care to even try.

— plz🌎recycle (@RecyclePleaz) April 3, 2024
https://twitter.com/ttownwascal/status/1775683808072720572

We get it, Dan. You prefer tyranny.

— Kimberly “Kim” Wexler MA JD (@KimWexlerMAJD) April 4, 2024

Trump has also been criticized more recently for his “Good Bless the USA” Bible for $60.

Rev. Al Sharpton, not only criticized Trump for starting to sell the Bibles during Holy Week, he also spoke against any minister or preacher who would use that Bible on Easter Sunday, The Wrap reported.

“They ought to be defrocked if they would even try and act like this is nothing but what it is, and that’s a hustle,” Sharpton said. “People ought to realize how offensive this is to those of us that really believe in the Bible. He’s doing this during Holy Week. Of all of the times you want to hustle using the Bible, why would you do it during Holy Week, which is really a spit in the face of people that really believe in the Bible, from a Christian point of view?”

"People [should] realize how offensive this is to those of us that really believe in the Bible."

— @TheRevAl on Trump selling $60 Bibles https://t.co/ScsXaYcQ9U pic.twitter.com/WMkGTWsP5W

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) March 28, 2024

“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough noted that Trump followers “idolize” him.

“When Donald Trump says, ‘I’ve never done anything wrong, no reason to be forgiven,’ they still fall right in line and say, ‘Oh, he’s the second coming of Christ,’” Scarborough said. 

“They idolize him and it’s twisted.”

Tags: 2024 ElectionDan RatherDonald TrumppoliticsRev. Al Sharpton
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Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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