Tom Ridge

By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

Former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said on Tuesday he won’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president.

“Every four years since my 18th birthday, I have pulled the lever in support of the Republican nominee for President of the United States,” wrote Ridge in an op-ed for Pennlive.com. “That streak will end this November.”

The long-time Republican said he is “disappointed that he is our party’s nominee.”

“With a bumper sticker approach to policy, his bombastic tone reflects the traits of a bully, not an American president and statesman,” he wrote. “If he cannot unite Republicans, how can he unite America? I simply cannot endorse him.”

“Similarly, I cannot support Hillary Clinton, a divisive and untrustworthy candidate who will advance and extend failed Obama policies that have greatly weakened our nation’s economy and security,” Ridge continued.

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