#15. Bill Kristol
Crowd-sourcing: Name of the new party we’ll have to start if Trump wins the GOP nomination? Suggestions welcome at editor@weeklystandard.com
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 20, 2015
Who: Founder and Editor of the Weekly Standard
What: An influential figure within conservative media circles, Kristol jumped off the Trump train back in July 2015. During an ABC interview, Kristol said Trump is “dead to me” because of the latter’s comments about Arizona Sen. John McCain’s status as a war hero. A few months later, Kristol said of the 2016 general election: “I doubt I’d support Donald. I doubt I’d support the Democrat. I think I’d support getting someone good on the ballot as a third-party candidate.”