She said national security would be in danger under a Trump presidency and she encouraged all Republicans to support Clinton in November.
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Although several Republicans in Congress have said they will not support Trump, Rep. Richard Hanna of NY was the first to take the extra step and endorse Secretary of State Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
“I thought it would have been when he alleged that U.S. Sen”.
The three-term lawmaker representing the 22nd District in upstate NY harshly criticized the real estate magnate, saying he is “unfit to serve our party” and adding that he can not vote for someone who is “unrepentant in all things”.
The Congressman did not specifically say that he endorses the Democratic nominee.
The three-term Republican cited Trump’s latest clash with the Khizr and Ghazala Khans, a Gold Star Muslim family who lost their son in Iraq in 2004.
“For me, it is not enough to simply denounce his comments: He is unfit to serve our party and can not lead this country”, Hanna wrote in a letter posted on syracuse.com, the website of the Post-Standard newspaper in NY. “He is unrepentant in all things”.
Trump also has trailed Clinton in fundraising.
In April, Hanna complained about “extreme” GOP primary voters, warning that the Republican Party “is not capable of nominating anyone who is electable nationally”. Trump said the grieving father had “no right” to criticize him, only later acknowledging their son is a hero.
Many Republicans have expressed support for the parents in recent days, and some have sharply rebuked Trump, most notably Senate Armed Forces Committee Chairman John McCain, a military veteran and former prisoner of war. In June, Trump’s campaign pulled in $25.9 million.
For Donald Trump, it’s become a familiar pattern. “And we are confident in a victory next week regardless”. Kelly Ayotte as weak.
Christie, the New Jersey governor, continues to be one of Trump’s biggest supporters.
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“Instead of speaking out against instances of bigotry, racism and inflammatory rhetoric, whether it’s been against women, immigrants or Muslims, we made a calculus that it was better to say nothing at all in the interest of politics and winning elections”, she told CNN.
