Former Bush official: Trump policies would be a ‘disaster’

Published August 14, 2016 3:21pm ET



Former Bush administration official Carlos Gutierrez is the latest prominent Republican to endorse Hillary Clinton, citing concerns that Donald Trump would be an economic “disaster” and change the U.S. for the worse.

Gutierrez, a Cuban-American who served as commerce secretary under George W. Bush, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that he “made the switch away from Trump” the week the Republican presidential nominee attacked a federal judge’s Mexican heritage.

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