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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCain worried Trump nomination will cost him his Senate seat.
Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection. But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.
If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket, here in Arizona, with over 30 percent of the vote being the Hispanic vote, no doubt that this may be the race of my life, McCain said, according to a recording of the event obtained by POLITICO. If you listen or watch Hispanic media in the state and in the country, you will see that it is all anti-Trump. The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way that I've never seen.
The 2008 GOP presidential nominee is certainly the favorite in his race to win a sixth term in the Senate. But his remarks about the partys presumptive nominee expose a deep well of concern about how Trump might damage the GOPs chances in the battle for Senate control especially in states like Arizona, Nevada and Florida, where Latinos make up a big chunk of voters. Republicans are defending two dozen seats this year, many in blue and purple states, vs. just 10 for Democrats a daunting landscape even without Trump atop the ballot.
McCain has said hell support the nominee, and he is in better shape to hold onto his seat than many of his vulnerable Republican colleagues. But if Trumps nomination turns out to be more than a minor drag on down-ballot Republicans, McCain whos expected to face Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, a credible Democratic challenger could easily become a top target. One of his former top aides, Mark Salter, has already said he will support Hillary Clinton for president.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-latinos-mccain-222810#ixzz47mkCOSEr
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UtahJosh
(131 posts)Your monster birthed the next one.
Choke on it.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)between his pick for VP and the inevitable slide down the toilet to Trump.
marble falls
(57,537 posts)freebrew
(1,917 posts)We can only hope...
randr
(12,418 posts)His VP choice is what opened up the flood gates of insanity and made a Trump candidacy a possibility.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)He's right. It's not just the Mexicans that Trump has pissed off. All of us are lining up to wipe all the R's away come November.