A while back, Congressman David Jolly, R-Indian Shores, made it clear that the “bullying” and “bigotry” that were defining Donald Trump were unacceptable qualities in a presidential candidate. He called on Trump to summarily get out of the race.
But now that Trump is the pre-convention favorite to win the nomination, Jolly is walking back his anti-Trump rhetoric. He played down policy differences, implying that Trump actually has views worthy of policy labeling. And then he said he was officially “undecided” about supporting Trump.
Then he congratulated himself for being uncommonly honest in admitting his indecision. “Rarely in politics is a member of Congress or a candidate plainly honest in expressing they are undecided on a matter, but that is the course I’ve chosen,” he said in a statement. “Very candidly, I’m simply not prepared in March to decide whether I will be prepared to personally support Mr. Trump with my vote in November.”
This is a new, disingenuous low, even among pragmatic politicians who are more concerned about their party and voter demographics than their country. Either that or he really believes that the ultimate, uninformed, arrogant, bigoted con-man candidate will have morphed into legitimate presidential nominee by the fall. He’s either that unctuous or that gullible.