'Catastrophic!' Ex-GOP lawmaker warns one-third of Republicans won’t vote due to Trump

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) warned his party that it is headed for a big collapse in November because Republican voters will stay home due to Donald Trump being at the top of the ticket.

Speaking with MSNBC fill-in host Charles Coleman Jr., an exasperated Dent pointed to recent polls and GOP primary results to bolster his case.

"Since 2016 Donald Trump has made losing great again for Republicans," he joked referring to Trump's 'Make America Great Again' mantra.

"For this very reason: his brand of politics turns off a lot of swing voters and independents. There are some Republicans still here representing districts that Joe Biden won — about seventeen or so. And Donald Trump makes victory exceedingly difficult for them in these districts as well as the swing states."

"And until Republicans figure this out, Donald Trump is creating problems for them not only with independents but I would argue with a significant amount of the Republican base," he elaborated.

"Yes, Donald Trump controls the party, he has over half the voters, he conceded, "But it depends on which polls you look at, but maybe as many as a third of Republican voters aren't going to vote for Donald Trump this time. This is catastrophic, not only for the presidential race of the GOP, but also for many down-ballot races"

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