During the presidential primaries Charles Badger worked as former governor Jeb Bush’s director of coalitions. But on Friday, Badger announced he would be supporting Hillary Clinton.

“I must vote for a candidate who actually reads, studies policy, is prepared, and is running on bridging racial differences, not widening them,” Badger said in a statement released to USA TODAY.

Badger was one of more than a half dozen conservatives who joined Republicans for Clinton in 2016 (R4C16) Friday. The group — which is unaffiliated with Clinton’s campaign — is made up of Republicans who are backing Clinton for president over their own party’s nominee.