Worldview and character matter.

I will not stand before God, my wife, or my children and say I cast a vote for a person who:

supports the taking of the lives of preborn children, including by supporting our nation’s largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood;disparages women as women who disagree with him/her;serially lies;is serially malleable; andrefuses to recognize the limits of the office they seek.

These statements apply equally to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. As bad as Hillary Clinton’s worldview is for this country, Trump’s Mussolini-like “man of action” statements, character flaws, and misogyny are on a whole other plane from any other major party candidate we’ve seen.

In every Trump vs. Hillary discussion, there’s someone who says, “Not voting for Trump is the same as a vote for Hillary Clinton.” On every level — factually, mathematically, electorally, morally — that is a false statement.

Given the choice between two evils, I choose neither, and will not be blamed for either.

I am not voting for Donald Trump, anyone like him, or anyone who supports him or anyone like him.

Further reading: Senator Ben Sasse : “An Open Letter to Majority America”Denny Burk: “Why social conservatives should support #NeverTrump”David French: “No, Trump Isn’t Actually Better than Hillary”Matt Labash: “Nine Tales of Trump at His Trumpiest”Update (7/15/2016): Further reading:Team #NeverTrump: “The Case Against Donald Trump”Update (7/29/2016): Further reading:David French: “Never Trump, Now More than Ever”Update (8/5/2016): Further reading:Matthew J. Franck: “A Vote’s Consequences and a Voter’s Conscience”Update (10/6/2016): Further reading: Matthew Anderson : “Should evangelicals vote for Clinton or Trump? No.”

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