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geek tragedy

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Thu Aug 4, 2016, 06:30 PM Aug 2016

Pence refuses to endorse McCain and Ayotte--how soon before he's doing Trump's laundry?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-pence-declines-endorse-john-mccain-kelly-ayotte/story?id=41127389

Siding with his running mate, Mike Pence on Thursday declined to endorse John McCain and Kelly Ayotte in their upcoming reelection bids.

"I look forward to supporting Republican candidates in the days and weeks ahead all over the country, and so does Donald Trump," McCain told traveling press aboard his plane when asked point blank if he would endorse McCain and Ayotte.

"To restore our country at home and abroad, we need new leadership, and I'm looking forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump to drive that new leadership forward," he added.

The Indiana governor's non-endorsement quickly got some blowback. John Weaver, a former McCain aide (who more recently ran John Kasich's campaign), tweeted that McCain campaigned for Pence when he was “desperate.”

"I remember traveling with John McCain to Indiana to campaign for, several times, for a desperate Mike Pence. Shame on him," Weaver tweeted.

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At a rally on Thursday, Trump said Pence had called him to ask for his permission to endorse Ryan.

"I say, 'Mike, you like him, yes. Go ahead and do it. 100 percent.' And he endorsed him," Trump said.


The stench of Trump will never wash off him.

I think Trump is trying to destroy the GOP, like a virus that kills its host.

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Pence refuses to endorse McCain and Ayotte--how soon before he's doing Trump's laundry? (Original Post) geek tragedy Aug 2016 OP
Seems like much of the country is coming together to defeat Republicans this fall rurallib Aug 2016 #1
What a poorly written article. brucefan Aug 2016 #2
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