Conservative columnist George Will has left the Republican Party over its presumptive nomination of Donald Trump.

Will announced his decision Friday at an event for the Federalist Society in Washington.

“This is not my party,” he told the audience, according to PJ Media. He said that he has changed his voter registration from “Republican” to “unaffiliated.”

Will has been a major proponent of the “Never Trump” movement. In April, he wrote a column with the headline, “If Trump is nominated, the GOP must keep him out of the White House.” In response, Trump called Will “a major loser.”

Friday, Will said Republican voters should just “make sure he loses,” then “grit their teeth for four years and win the White House.”


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