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63splitwindow

(2,657 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:18 PM Jul 2016

It is, indeed, appalling that Senator Kelly Ayotte says she will still vote for him...

source: Business Insider

'I am appalled': 2 prominent Republicans delivered blistering rebukes of Trump's attacks on the Khan family

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Ayotte, who's said she will vote for Trump, said she was "appalled" by the Republican nominee's attacks. The New Hampshire senator's husband is an Iraq War veteran.

"There is no greater sacrifice than to lay down one’s life for their country, and that’s the sacrifice that Captain Humayun Khan made fighting to defend our freedom and our constitutional rights," Ayotte said in a statement. "He was a true American hero. The Khan family deserves nothing less than our deepest support, respect, and gratitude, and they have every right to express themselves in any way they choose."

"I am appalled that Donald Trump would disparage them and that he had the gall to compare his own sacrifices to those of a Gold Star family," she continued.
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read more at: http://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-kelly-ayotte-donald-trump-khan-2016-7

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It is, indeed, appalling that Senator Kelly Ayotte says she will still vote for him... (Original Post) 63splitwindow Jul 2016 OP
It's a little tiring to hear Republicans keep claiming that they don't agree with Trump's comments sarae Jul 2016 #1
AND THEN have the supreme gall to claim Democrats are always "party over country." 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #3
I agree Skittles Aug 2016 #5
Hopefully she will be appalled when she loses Zambero Jul 2016 #2
They own him. kentuck Jul 2016 #4
Hope it ends up with their going down with the Don the Con dinghy... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #6

sarae

(3,284 posts)
1. It's a little tiring to hear Republicans keep claiming that they don't agree with Trump's comments
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:23 PM
Jul 2016

and policy ideas and then have them turn around and say they'll still vote for him.

If they're still voting for him, their 'outrage' is a little hard to swallow. How appalled can they really be?

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
2. Hopefully she will be appalled when she loses
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:25 PM
Jul 2016

Do losing U.S. Senate candidates also receive political autopsies? This one could be summed up in one sentence: You went over to the dark side and the voters didn't follow you there.

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