Reagan’s political director ditches Trump to support Clinton

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A second Reagan administration official plans to cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton in November despite voting Republican in presidential elections for more than four decades.

Frank Lavin served as President Reagan’s political director from 1987-89 and as an ambassador to Singapore under President George W. Bush. After watching Donald Trump’s campaign closely for the past 14 months, Lavin told CNBC that his days of supporting GOP presidential candidates are over, at least for this election cycle.

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