Donald Trump’s vicious, Islamophobic attacks on Khizr and Ghazala Khan were the story of the weekend, and, with Republican leaders refusing to repudiate Trump even as they claimed to oppose his comments, Democrats running for Senate seats across the country made clear that one party, at least, will not accept that kind of ugliness.
Some pointed out that their opponents’ words supposedly denouncing Trump are hollow as long as they keep endorsing him. “As long as Senator Portman is continuing to support Donald Trump for president his words are feeble, empty and meaningless.” Ohio’s Ted Strickland said. “Ohioans must be wondering which Portman to believe: the one who said just a week ago he was ‘all in’ for Trump, or the cowardly, calculated politician who—after 48 hours of silence—is trying to desperately distance himself from his own endorsement of the most toxic and divisive presidential nominee in modern history.”
New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte claimed to be “appalled” by Trump’s comments, but her Democratic opponent, Gov. Maggie Hassan, nailed it when she responded that “Moral indignation isn’t something one can have both ways. Donald Trump’s attacks on veterans, Gold Star families, Americans with disabilities, and the most vulnerable in our country aren’t just random incidents for Kelly Ayotte to selectively distance herself from—they are who Donald Trump actually is, and yet Kelly Ayotte continues to support putting him in the White House.” For the full article click here
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