The number of senators who have pulled their support of Donald Trump Saturday over his most recently released comments about women just grew by one, but this is one of the bigger fish in the pond.
Sen. John McCain issued a statement Saturday afternoon disavowing Trump and stating that neither he nor his wife, Cindy, would be voting for Trump. Trump certainly didn’t do himself any favors with his comment about former POW McCain letting himself “get caught,” but McCain included a pretty lengthy list of issues that made it impossible for him to cast his vote for the GOP nominee.
There are no excuses for Donald Trump’s offensive behavior. Cindy & I will not vote for him. My full stmt: https://t.co/MOw0rx4LSI
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) October 8, 2016
Thank you @SenJohnMcCain for withdrawing ur support for an unqualified candidate. The @GOP & all of America deserves better representation. https://t.co/5o9rYWFcx6
— Daniel Raffel (@danielraffel) October 8, 2016
“Cindy and I will not vote for Donald Trump,” McCain concludes. “I have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and we will not vote for Hillary Clinton. We will write in the name of some good conservative Republican who is qualified to be President.”
I fully support my husband. RT @TeamMcCain: Statement from John McCain withdrawing support of Donald Trump. https://t.co/HbhVt3gj8U
— Cindy McCain (@cindymccain) October 8, 2016
I fully support my father @SenJohnMcCain and mother @cindymccain https://t.co/1YASXy9vnr
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) October 8, 2016
And that good conservative Republican would be … Mike Pence? A write-in vote for John McCain? McCain didn’t specify, at least in his statement.
.@SenJohnMcCain withdraws his support of @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/EKzds7SpTz
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/MetalOllie/status/784866245527023616
For his part, Trump made it clear that he was not heeding calls to drop out and hand the nomination to Pence — not from the media, and not from the establishment.
The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly – I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2016
Considering much of Trump’s appeal is that he’s not beholden to the establishment, the erosion of support from McCain and company doesn’t seem to be doing much harm — to Trump, that is.
https://twitter.com/twitswits/status/784871169161830400
https://twitter.com/DrTabio29/status/784871393464901632
https://twitter.com/jason_pontin/status/784865599587483649
https://twitter.com/S3nt13ntB31ng/status/784875497750757377
https://twitter.com/moabgreg1/status/784874857905258496
– were there excuses two days ago? Two weeks? Two months?
Your sudden discovery of your conscience is transparent.
— Crommunist (@Crommunist) October 8, 2016
You were able to find an excuse for 18 months! Wotcha talking 'bout Willis?
— Old Rant Dump (@TrumpinTheShark) October 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/BorgPolitics/status/784875738562428928
https://twitter.com/rarename91/status/784874656545304577
You should have done this months ago. Now this is a cynical calculation,not a brave stance. Now y'all are rats leaving a ship
— Physics and Politics (@bellport_phys) October 8, 2016
Just to be clear, what he said about PTSD, POWs was no big deal to you? This is your deal breaker? Good to know.
— lauraina2 (@LaurainA2) October 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/_NateCunningham/status/784872157230751744
You lost to Obama because you were weak then & you are weak now. Stay in your liberal prison camp while we continue the fight
— AZTrumpGirl (@AZTrumpGirl) October 8, 2016
– That's fine – We truly appreciate your military service and consider you a hero. Now it's time for you to step down #NoHelp
— TRUTHasIcIt1 (@TruthasIcIt1) October 8, 2016
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