Title: Nevada governor: 'I cannot say I will definitely vote’ for Trump (Walker: No)
Source: The Hill
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box ... say-i-will-definitely-vote-for
Published: Jun 8, 2016
Author: Mark Hensch
Post Date: 2016-06-08 20:09:06 by Hondo68
Keywords: such poor choices, previously endorsing Kasich, not for sure
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Brian Sandoval, Nevada's Republican governor, on Tuesday said he is reconsidering voting for Donald Trump after the billionaire’s attacks on a Hispanic judge.

“I support the Republican Party and will continue to help elect strong Republican leaders in Nevada but at this time I cannot say I will definitely vote for Mr. Trump,” he said in a statement, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Sandoval said in an earlier interview with the newspaper he is disappointed in Trump’s criticism of Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s ethnicity.

“I will only say you can’t defend the indefensible,” he said, adding his vote for the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee is “not for sure.”

“Now, he’s talked about this judge and he’s also made a reference to another minority group that he would have the same concerns about, which obviously concerns me as well.”

Sandoval added he also disapproves of Trump’s opinion that Gov. Susana Martinez (R) is “not doing the job” for New Mexico’s voters.

“She is a good friend and I think she’s done extraordinary things for the state of New Mexico. She’s a good leader, a great leader.”

Sandoval said early last month he plans to vote for Trump after previously endorsing Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the Republican primary.

“Now that he has dropped out of the race, I plan to vote for the presumptive nominee although it is no secret we don’t agree on every issue,” he said in a Facebook post. "Elections are about making choices and the Democratic nominee is simply not an option.”

Sandoval and other Republicans are aghast over Trump’s repeated attacks on Curiel’s “Mexican heritage." Curiel was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrants.

Trump insists Curiel will not fairly oversee lawsuits involving Trump University because of the billionaire’s border and immigration policies.

He was against Trump, before he was for him, but now he's against him again. Another flip flop at the convention? Yes, we can!

Scott Walker said that "it's just sad in America that we have such poor choices right now" in the general election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. | AP Photo

Walker backs away from endorsing Trump

Faced with mounting controversies surrounding his party’s nominee for president, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is backing away from his pledge to support Donald Trump.

In an interview with Madison, Wisconsin’s WKOW, Walker, who dropped out of the GOP race in September 2015, lamented the general-election matchup between presumptive nominees Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

“It’s just sad in America that we have such poor choices right now,” he said.

Walker, who endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the Wisconsin primary, had previously pledged to support the Republican nominee “whoever that is,” arguing that any GOP candidate would be preferable to Clinton. On Tuesday, however, the Wisconsin governor seemed less certain of his ability to back Trump, pointing to the candidate’s accusations of bias against a Hispanic federal judge as especially troubling.

“He’s not yet the nominee. Officially that won’t happen until the middle of July, and so for me that’s kind of the timeframe,” Walker said. “In particular I want to make sure that he renounces what he says, at least in regards to this judge.”

Still, Walker didn’t back away from his criticisms of Clinton in explaining the difficult position in which he finds himself.

“So we’ve got someone who has systematically lied to the American people and in doing so, in some ways has actually put America’s national security at risk,” Walker said. “And someone who at least of late has been saying things that run directly at odds with our core beliefs and principles in this country.”

For every plus expected to be gained, they fail to realize there is a corresponding disadvantage.