Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2015, Humphrey ya goyi bayan gwamnan Ohio John Kasich don shugaban kasa a shekara ta 2016. A lokacin zaben shugaban kasa na Republican na 2016, Humphrey ya kasance jagora na kokarin kokarin hana Donald Trump daga tabbatar da zaben a taron Jam'iyyar Republican na kasa
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya bayyana, "Zan yi wa Hillary [yana nufin Hillary Clinton, dan takarar Democrat] kawai a yayin da aka yi gasa sosai. A halin yanzu, Ina fatan shugabancin Republican, a ƙarshe, a ƙarshe zai nuna ƙarfin hali da ka'ida don la'antar Trump da kuma buƙatar shi ya yi watsi da nadin ko kuma ya fuskanci sake kiran taron. " A ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, 2016, kwana biyu kafin zaben, Humphrey a hukumance ya goyi bayan Clinton. A wannan watan, Humphrey ya bar Jam'iyyar Republican kuma ya zama mai zaman kanta.