The Latest: Ayotte Drops Trump, Will Write in Pence's Name
Source: Associated Press
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Oct 8, 2016, 11:55 AM ET
The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times EDT):
11:50 a.m.
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte says she is dropping her support for Donald Trump and plans to write in vice presidential running mate Mike Pence's name for president.
Ayotte says in statement that she cannot support a presidential candidate "who brags about degrading and assaulting women."
Ayotte is in one of the nation's closest Senate contests. Her opponent, Gov. Maggie Hassan, has tied her to Trump at event turn.
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Source: Politico
Ayotte to write in Pence for president
'I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women,' she says of Donald Trump.
By Seung Min Kim
10/08/16 12:00 PM EDT
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said Saturday that she will not vote for Donald Trump for president, becoming the first GOP senator in a tough reelection race to revoke her support for the GOP nominee since newly-released audio showed him making crude comments toward women in 2005.
"I wanted to be able to support my partys nominee, chosen by the people, because I feel strongly that we need a change in direction for our country, Ayotte said in a statement Saturday. However, Im a mom and an American first, and I cannot and will not support a candidate for president who brags about degrading and assaulting women.
Ayotte said she will not vote for either Trump nor Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Instead, shell write in the partys vice-presidential nominee, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, for president. Ayotte is running against Democrat Maggie Hassan, the states current governor, and currently leads Hassan by 2.3 points, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.
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TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)sarae
(3,284 posts)most morally bankrupt people EVER. I'm hoping the whole party is in their death throes.
Grown2Hate
(2,013 posts)ananda
(28,876 posts)I just sent Hassan $10.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Over $30 million versus under $20 million for Hassan.
jumptheshadow
(3,269 posts)I just got an e-mail. Hassan's supporters are trying to raise $100K today. She's down a bit in the polls after the blitzkrieg of dark money for Ayotte.
http://maggiehassan.com/
ananda
(28,876 posts)I can't stand Ayotte!
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)You're going DOWN, Ayotte.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Trying to pretend that Trump is not their very own evil spawn.
still_one
(92,396 posts)William Seger
(10,779 posts)DallasNE
(7,403 posts)While he did express regret he showed no remorse whatsoever so what gives with that. His regret seems to be that he was inarticulate and crude, leaving out the behavior which is the real problem exposed here. Yes, the words are disgusting but the behavior is reprehensible.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)patsimp
(915 posts)sarge43
(28,945 posts)However, where were you when Trump degraded Muslims, immigrates, Latinos, veterans, African-Americans, a Gold Star family and so many more? All the people he trashed included women.
Hypocrisy -- the Repug gold standard.
DFW
(54,437 posts)Oh, I dunno, maybe five seconds. It has sounded all along like she was looking for SOME excuse to untie herself from Trump to give her a fighting chance to hold on to her Senate seat. That it took her THIS long is a hopeful sign that she missed this particular boat by about a month.
"Absolutely," my ass. I'm amazed she didn't gag on the air while saying that.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)A good number of these traditionally are not valid anyway.They have to be perfect.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)and now you punt-------------you own this hypocrite and he owns you.
You right along with lets say Marsha Blackburn form TN in Congress for instance have attacked woman for the right to privacy with there doctor, for years, and now you and your party from Ryan and McConnell on down are trying to distance your self from your megalomaniac narcissistic hypocrite scammer, not happening.
You and others support institutional racism in your party, you and others support institutional bigotry, and you and others went into your convention to support two men that support each other and that ideology of hate and fear and and are nothing more frauds.
And your party set an agenda to discriminate against woman and people that love each other of the same sex.
And your party has attacked Mexicans, Indigenous People, Latino's, Blacks, Asians, and anyone that is not considered white, and your white nationalist backers and enablers, and people that point guns at federal agents, like they did in Nevada and Oregon.
The only item on your list is to gain control of the U.S. Supreme court, to further the disintegration of the government of this country and its democracy to create what was said and has been down since Lewis Powell wrote his infamous memo, and implemented his memo when he got on that bench.
And the media should heed what Joy Reid and Eichenwald have said about your party and hold your party accountable.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Your base couldn't even spell "Pence".
The CCC
(463 posts)Millions of citizens vote by machine. Hard to visualize Ms. Ayotte vandalizing a voting machine.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)She doesn't get to walk away from the maggot.
She gotta swallow the worm in the Tequila.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)She's been surrounded by these kinds of men her whole career and she's been perfectly okay with it.
Two days ago she said Donald Trump is "absolutely" a good role model for children.
She's scrambling for cover. But there is none. We see you, Ms Ayotte.
She is not dropping Trump. Just writing Pence's name does not work. THEY ARE ON THE SAME TICKET. Support one at this time you are clearly supporting the other so for her to say she is dropping Trump is just an outright lie.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)We've gone from Germany, 1933, to Germany, 1945, practically overnight.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Win!
thucythucy
(8,086 posts)and is a homophobe to boot.
Sorry, but the whole ticket is a train wreck.
Retired George
(332 posts)Kind of like replacing Hitler with Francisco Franco.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)she can vote for a man who equates Mexicans to rapists, makes fun of a disabled reporter, urges people to rough up protester at rallies saying that he will pay the legal fees, goes on a 3 day Twitter rant over a beauty contestant from 20 years ago, has 5 children from 3 wives, praises a Russian authoritarian, talks about Megyn Kelly bleeding out of her "whatever", continues to call women (like Rosie O'Donnell) fat pigs...need I go on?
Iggo
(47,565 posts)NHDEMFORLIFE
(489 posts)Between the tape and her knee-jerk "absolutely,'' she may not even grasp the bind she is in.
Maggie will play this to the hilt.
Couldn't happen to a bigger fraud.
czarjak
(11,289 posts)Way to up those standards.