Donald Trump's demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character,” Whitman posted on Facebook about the Republican nominee. Washington, Aug 3 (Reuters): Prominent Republican fundraiser Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton's White House bid, calling Donald Trump an ”authoritarian character” and a threat to democracy. Whitman told the Times that Trump is a “dishonest demagogue” and said that those who look at other failed democracies and believe “it can't happen here” are mistaken. Clinton reached out to Whitman personally about a month ago, according to the Times report. ”To vote Republican out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.

Source: The Telegraph August 03, 2016 04:52 UTC