Some Republican officials stick with Trump, cite the issues
WASHINGTON — Some key Republican officeholders and candidates are reaffirming their support for Donald Trump despite new allegations from women that he groped and assaulted them. The Republicans argue that Trump would still be better on key issues like energy and the Supreme Court than Democrat Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton will not change the Obamacare disaster, the out-of-control regulators or our terrible foreign policy,” said Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, who is running for re-election. “I think with a Republican Congress, that he may be able to do that.”
Said West Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Cole, president of the state Senate, “You have one candidate who wants to be there for our coal and our natural gas industry, and another one that wants to destroy them.”
North Carolina GOP Sen. Richard Burr, who’s also fighting to retain his seat, said he accepts Trump’s statements that he didn’t commit sexual assault and still supports Trump politically because he’s worried more about Hillary Clinton’s “lack of judgment.”