Colin Powell to Vote for Hillary Clinton

Paul Morigi/Getty Images(WESTBURY, N.Y.) — Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed Tuesday at a luncheon on Long Island that he intends to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to Powell’s spokesperson.

The retired four-star general joins a small number of prominent Republican figures who have either crossed party lines to support Clinton or refuse to support Donald Trump. But this is the third time in recent history that Powell has supported a Democratic candidate over his own party’s nominee. In 2008 and 2012, Powell, who served under George W. Bush’s administration, endorsed Barack Obama for president.

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