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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, the most endangered Senate Republican up for reelection this fall, said Tuesday that he will not back Donald Trump for president after a long line of controversial comments from the presumptive GOP nominee.
“As the presidential campaign progressed, I was hoping the rhetoric would tone down and reflect a campaign that was inclusive, thoughtful and principled,” Kirk said in a statement released Tuesday by his campaign. “While I oppose the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump's latest statements, in context with past attacks on Hispanics, women and the disabled like me, make it certain that I cannot and will not support my party's nominee for President regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the Republican Party.”
Trump has triggered an uproar in the GOP with his latest attack on a federal judge’s ethnicity, arguing that he cannot properly oversee the legal case into Trump University because of his Mexican heritage.
"I have spent my life building bridges and tearing down barriers — not building walls,” Kirk said. “That's why I find Donald Trump's belief that an American-born judge of Mexican descent is incapable of fairly presiding over his case is not only dead wrong, it is un-American.”
My focus group has found that Trump does not poll well in my district. Pleasedon'tvotemeoutpleasedon'tvotemeoutpleasedon'tvotemeoutpleasedon'tvotemeout
Read more: Mark Kirk: 'I cannot and will not support my party's nominee' - POLITICO
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If Trump wins (probably will), I'm afraid he'll get stubborn stupid on some crucial international issue and screw the pooch for all of us. :shock:
Read more: Mark Kirk: 'I cannot and will not support my party's nominee' - POLITICO
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The rats are jumping off the sinking racist ship of fools.
My senator, Jeff Flake said he won't support him or vote for him either.
Comedy gold.
Trump would indeed screw.the pooch, but I do not think his win is probable. If he wins...we get what we deserve.
Read more: Mark Kirk: 'I cannot and will not support my party's nominee' - POLITICO
And so it begins.... A can of worms very well may of been opened for Trump... [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more: Mark Kirk: 'I cannot and will not support my party's nominee' - POLITICO
And so it begins.... A can of worms very well may of been opened for Trump... [/FONT][/COLOR]
He's going to feel stupid if his numbers get worse.
Well, considering Trump took Illinois, and that Trump voters have shown to be steadfast, he could be looking at losing a minimum of 40% of his state's party voters. He's made a calculation that may come back to sink his re-election chances.
Read more: Mark Kirk: 'I cannot and will not support my party's nominee' - POLITICO
And so it begins.... A can of worms very well may of been opened for Trump... [/FONT][/COLOR]
Depends on the district, Trump is toxic in some conservative areas.
I don't think there's any chance that all or most Trump voters don't back Kirk. Even if they don't like him, he's only 1/100th of the Senate and they probably generally prefer the Senate to stay in GOP hands.
Nope, Kirk is the junior US Senator for the state. He once was a US Representative for 10 district in the state.
If Trump wins (probably will), I'm afraid he'll get stubborn stupid on some crucial international issue and screw the pooch for all of us. :shock:
How many Senators is that now? Graham, Flake, Heller, and Kirk? A couple others like Collins not making up their minds yet.
Actually more ending up not supporting him than I thought.
Because our current and past administrations have done so well? The Middle East is the worst it's been in about since...ever, and the current admin is doing the best they can to start up the Cold War again with Russia. At least Trump has seemed fairly reasonable on those matters, when compared to what we've been subjected to.
I didn't say he was stupid about everything just emotionally stunted on a personal level.
You mean districts don't make up a state?
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