A longtime Republican consultant and lobbyist is trying to line up GOP backers on K Street for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid.

“I’ve been a Republican since high school and certainly never thought I would take any sort of public role in a Democratic presidential campaign, but I never imagined Donald Trump as the Republican nominee,” wrote Craig Snyder of Ikon Public Affairs in an email to fellow former staffers of the late Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.

Specter served five terms in the Senate, beginning in 1981 as a Republican and then switching to the Democratic Party in 2009.

“Of course, I don’t presume anything about any of your views, but am writing in the hopes of finding out,” the email, obtained by CQ Roll Call, continued. “Anyone who might be interested in being associated, in any way, or to any degree, with a Republicans for Hillary effort, I would very much appreciate it if you would let me know at your earliest convenience.”





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Snyder’s firm represented the Trump Organization in 1999, according to lobbying disclosures, but the work was done by his former business partner Roger Stone, now a Trump supporter.