Washington – No. 2 Senate Republican Voices Unease Over Trump Candidacy

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    FILE - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) hold a news conference on budget negotiations on Capitol Hill in Washington December 15, 2015.     REUTERS/Gary Cameron   Washington – The No. 2 Republican in the Senate said on Monday he was worried that Donald Trump could be an “albatross” for Republicans running in other races if he were to win the party’s nomination for president, CNN reported.

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    “We can’t have a nominee be an albatross around the down-ballot races,” John Cornyn, the Senate majority whip, said when asked if he had concerns about the possibility Trump could win the nomination, according to CNN. “That’s a concern of mine.”

    “I think he certainly is a controversial figure,” the Texas senator told CNN. “I think we need someone who can unify the party, as opposed to divide the party.”


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    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    8 years ago

    These so called Republicans are losers. They had majorities in both houses and yet President Obama ran roughshot over them. They are the albatrosses.