During a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Saturday vulnerable Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) tied himself to Donald Trump and defended his decision to continue to support the embattled Republican nominee.
“There’s not a separation between me and Donald Trump. As a matter fact, there’s an ad on TV saying I’m too cozy to him,” Burr said at a rally for the Gaston County GOP, according to tracking video from the liberal group American Bridge.
“You might have seen that lately,” he continued. “I’m cozy to Donald Trump because I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton would be a disaster to my children and my grandchildren. And though I have, when appropriately, spoken up, maybe in opposition to something that was said by our nominee, make no mistake that that’s not a lack of support to our nominee.”
Burr, who is engaged in a tough re-election fight against Democratic challenger Deborah Ross, has continued to support Trump, even after several Republicans ditched the nominee in the wake of a 2005 tape in which Trump bragged about grabbing and kissing women without permission.
The North Carolina senator condemned Trump’s remarks in the tape as “unacceptable,” but Burr did not pull his support for the Republican nominee. Trump is trailing Clinton in North Carolina 48.7-45.3 in TPM’s PollTracker Average.
The Ross campaign on Friday released a video hitting Burr for standing by Trump despite the 2005 tape.
According to TPM’s PollTracker Average, Burr leads Ross by about two points, 43.3-41.4.
Watch the video via American Bridge:
Sure, Hillary might be a disaster to you and your children. She might ask you to pay a fair amount of taxes. You might want to prepare for that.
It’s not the remarks Senator.
It’s assault of a sexual nature that requires condemnation.
And repudiation of a candidate who is accused of doing so to a dozen-plus women over many years.
Would you leave Donald Trump alone in a room with your daughters-- or grand-daughters?
See how your estimation of HRC’s policies-- pale in comparison?
jw1
Yeah, we totally picked the wrong year to run an ACLU lawyer sacrificial goat against him.
Like I always say Thump is his supporters he is them and they are him. Georgia Democrats get out the vote when we vote we win. African Americans, Latinos.Asians,Muslim Americans, Women, Young People, vote help get the Vote out Burr believes in his monster!i