Report: Sally Bradshaw says she may vote for Hillary Clinton

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Florida State Board of Education member Sally Bradshaw, gestures as she interviews finalists for the Commissioner of Education Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

A prominent Jeb Bush aide has said she might vote for Hillary Clinton come November.

Sally Bradshaw told CNN on Monday that she has left the Republican Party to become an independent. Bradshaw, a close adviser to Bush, also said if the presidential race in Florida is close, she will vote for Clinton come Election Day.

“This election cycle is a test,” she told CNN. “As much as I don’t want another four years of (President Barack) Obama‘s policies, I can’t look my children in the eye and tell them I voted for Donald Trump. I can’t tell them to love their neighbor and treat others the way they wanted to be treated, and then vote for Donald Trump. I won’t do it.”

Bradshaw is a longtime Bush family supporter, working first on George H.W. Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign. She remained close with the family, and has served Jeb Bush in several capacities over the years, including a significant role in his 2016 presidential bid.

Her comments come as Trump criticizes a family of a Muslim soldier killed in action in Iraq in 2004. Bradshaw told CNN that Trump’s remarks were despicable.

Bradshaw told CNN she had been considering switching parties for a while, but Trump’s recent comments solidified her decision. She said she had worked hard to make the party “a place where all would feel welcome,” but Trump has taken the GOP in a different direction.

While she told CNN she wasn’t sure who she would vote for in November, she said if the race in Florida is close she “will vote for Hillary Clinton.” She said she disagrees with her on several issues, but the country is at a crossroads and “this is a time when country has to take priority over political parties.”

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  1. Stupid is what stupid does.

    I’ve been to 3 chicken spankings, a hog boiling, 2 cat waxin’s, a windmill greasing, and saw a 3 pound pig
    with a pocket watch, but I’ve never seen anything dumber than this Republican crowd. Going down in flames and their too dumb to crap rank and file keep throwing gasoline on their out of control ignorance and intolerance fire.

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