GOP lawmakers run from Trump on Alicia Machado comments

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

GOP lawmakers run from Trump on Alicia Machado comments

By Tom LoBianco, CNN
Updated 2058 GMT (0458 HKT) September 27, 2016

Washington (CNN) - The first presidential debate broke viewing records Monday, but a number of key Senate Republicans getting grilled over Donald Trump's Miss Universe comments say they either weren't watching or don't have an opinion on one of the night's signature moments.

"I didn't get to see it. I was traveling back from Utah. Stupid plane wouldn't let us tie into CNN. So I felt bad about that. I'm going to talk to them," Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said.

"I didn't see it guys, I was on an airplane," Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, one of Trump's former GOP primary rivals, told reporters.

Sen. Ted Cruz, who only fully embraced Trump last Friday, didn't want to talk to reporters.

"We put out a statement last night," he told CNN, as he ran into the Senate chamber.

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"I didn't watch it." - Republicans have been making that excuse a lot lately.

[saltpoint]

1. "I was on an airplane."

"I was in a Greyhound bus, because we Republican Senators ride Greyhound buses all the time."

"I was with Sean Hannity. Just call him and ask him."

"It was my bowling night and I didn't want to let me teammates down."

"I was at a Klan rally and there wasn't a web hookup."

[yellowcanine]

2. I was walking the dog at the time and by the time I disposed of the poop it was too late.