Breaking: Rob Portman withdraws Trump endorsement

[democrattotheend]

Just heard on CNN. Will post link when I have one.

[LisaL]

1. Hah.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Well, well, well...the rats are deserting the sinking ship!

[LisaL]

4. He is gonna vote for Pence for president, don't you know?

[herding cats]

3. He says he's voting for Pence

From Rob Portman: "As I said yesterday, Donald Trump's comments were offensive and wrong. I had hoped to support the candidate my party nominated in the primary process. I thought it was appropriate to respect the millions of voters across the country who chose Donald Trump as the Republican Party nominee. While I continue to respect those who still support Donald Trump, I can no longer support him. I continue to believe our country cannot afford a Hillary Clinton presidency. I will be voting for Mike Pence for President."
https://www.robportman.com/portman_statement_on_presidential_race

Are they trying to get a Pence write-in campaign going?

[LisaL]

5. How can there be a write in campaign for Pence if Pence is on the ballot as a VP?

[herding cats]

6. There's been some talk about getting him to dropout as VP.

I didn't think it was serious, but now I'm wondering.

[LisaL]

7. He would drop out as VP and do what?

Run as an independent? It's too late to actually add him to any ballots.

[herding cats]

8. Literally they knocked around him being a write-in.

Yes, I know it's stupid as shit, but it was being knocked around today. They're just that desperate I guess.