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“After failing to disavow Donald Trump’s disturbing attacks on women, minorities, and people with disabilities, and now explicitly supporting Trump for President, Congressman Yoder will have to face the potential disaster of sharing the ballot with such a divisive figure,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law.
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Perhaps no Kansas candidate has been subject to more speculation over potential down-ballot effects than Rep. Kevin Yoder, who represents the larger Kansas City metro area. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has said it is searching for a candidate to run against Yoder, and charged he would potentially be made vulnerable with Trump on the ticket.
Yoder told KCTV5 in Kansas City on Wednesday he will support Trump as the nominee.
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Trump draws cautious approach from Kansas congressional delegation
The Topeka Capital-Journal
http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-04/trump-draws-cautious-approach-kansas-congressional-delegation
WASHINGTON — Kansas lawmakers are taking a cautious approach toward Donald Trump, who appears set to win the GOP presidential nomination after his chief rival, Sen. Ted Cruz, dropped out of the race.
The state’s congressional delegation is treading carefully through thorny questions about their likely nominee – whether they are comfortable with him at the top of the ticket and whether they fear repercussions for Republicans, including themselves, who will appear down the ballot.
No likely nominee in the modern era has been so despised – over comments widely seen as misogynistic, racist and inviting violence – and strayed so far from Republican orthodoxy, offering limited support to Planned Parenthood, bashing free trade and castigating respected GOP figures. These are the choppy political seas the Kansas delegation must now navigate.
Perhaps no Kansas candidate has been subject to more speculation over potential down-ballot effects than Rep. Kevin Yoder, who represents the larger Kansas City metro area. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has said it is searching for a candidate to run against Yoder, and charged he would potentially be made vulnerable with Trump on the ticket.
Yoder told KCTV5 in Kansas City on Wednesday he will support Trump as the nominee.