GOP Sen. Mark Kirk: Trump ‘Too Bigoted And Racist’ For Illinois

UNITED STATES - JULY 23: Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., appears at a news conference in Dirksen Building to urge the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, July 23, 2014. (Photo By Tom W... UNITED STATES - JULY 23: Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., appears at a news conference in Dirksen Building to urge the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, July 23, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is engaged in a tough re-election fight this year, on Thursday said that Trump is “too bigoted and racist” for the state of Illinois.

“I do not support Hillary Clinton, and I told the public that I did not support Donald Trump, either. I think he’s too bigoted and racist for the Land of Lincoln,” Kirk said when asked by John Howell of Chicago radio station WLS-AM 890 whether he could support Clinton, according to a clip uploaded by Buzzfeed News.

Kirk announced last week that he had withdrawn his support for Trump, citing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s controversial comments and attacks.

“While I oppose the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump’s latest statements, in context with past attacks on Hispanics, women and the disabled like me, make it certain that I cannot and will not support my party’s nominee for President regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the Republican Party,” the senator said in a statement.

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