In an interview about his endorsement, Hanna said that the last straw was Trump’s quarrel with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of a fallen Muslim American soldier.
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Hanna becomes the first Republican congressman to publicly announce his support for Clinton in the presidential election and to raise the level of his criticism of the GOP candidate, EFE news reported.
On the campaign stump, Donald Trump has opened August by moving from “Crooked Hillary” to “the devil”.
Dent said he also can’t support Trump because of his “incendiary comments” and “lack of policy specifics”. The biggest fundraising period of the month came during the 24-hour period after her acceptance speech – the campaign earned $8.7 million.
Democrats and Republicans alike have condemned Trump for his remarks about the parents of US Army Capt Humayun Khan, who was killed by a auto bomb in 2004 in Iraq, at the age of 27.
As the New York Daily News pointed out, Trump has been comparing Sanders’ alliance with Clinton to a “deal with the devil” at rallies across the country. “Where do we draw the line?”
Trump spent the days after winning the Republican nomination criticizing a USA district court judge’s Mexican heritage.
Dent added that Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) called him Sunday and said he was most likely going to support Hillary Clinton.
She now leads Republican nominee Donald Trump by eight points – 50 percent to 42 percent – up from just a one point margin the week prior.
A representative for Hanna told BuzzFeed News the congressman was not available for comment Tuesday.
“While I disagree with her on many issues”, he said, “I will vote for Mrs. Clinton”.
“The Democratic Party’s convention left a considerably more positive impression on the American public than the Republican Party’s convention”, Gallup’s Jeffrey M. Jones said in his analysis.
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Mark Halperin, managing editor of Bloomberg Politics, said Hanna’s decision could help convince other Republicans who have endorsed Trump to reconsider their position.
