Hanna, who represents New York’s 22nd Congressional District, became the first congressional Republican to publicly say he was voting for Clinton.
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While some lawmakers have not actively endorsed Trump, Hanna was the first to say he would vote for Clinton in the November 8 election.
By contrast, Mr. Trump is shedding backers.
Earlier this month, Gallup released a poll indicating that Trump and Clinton were now among the worst-rated presidential candidates of the last 70 years. Trump’s lead among white voters fell to 41 percent to Clinton’s 39, while Clinton led Trump 93-2 among black voters and 55-26 among Latino voters.
Republicans Barry Goldwater and John McCain suffered similarly.
The New York billionaire, meanwhile, has blamed his recent struggles on the news media, and said that “something funny” is going on with the polls. He also called him “unrepentant” and “self-involved”.
“I think we’ve never been this united, and I just want to thank everybody for being here”. “I do better when they don’t come back”. She said that for her it was a matter of principle, not party, and condemned the thinking that winning is the most important goal in the election.
While most of “Republicans for Trump” are retired politicians or longtime champions of conservative values, the group did get its first siting member of Congress when Rep. Richard Hanna of NY announced on Tuesday that he will vote for Clinton this November. “He is doing nothing to appease them and bring them on board”.
Clinton leads Trump among Hispanic Democrats by margin of 85 percent to 6 percent and has a 55-17 percent lead among independent Hispanic voters.
Whitman was a top fundraiser for Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign and chaired New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s finance team this year until he pulled out of the race.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in the results can be found in the South, which is typically a Republican stronghold in a presidential election. Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters her favorability increased from 74 percent two weeks ago to 80 percent this week.
Trump also said that Ghazala Khan, who stood by her husband during his DNC speech, “had nothing to say”, adding, “Maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say, you tell me”.
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In Nebraska on Monday, the beloved investor and philanthropist criticized Trump for not releasing his income tax returns, saying Trump must have something to hide. “I thought it would have been when he alleged that U.S. Sen”.
