In response to Congressman Paulsen caving to pressure from Terri Bonoff regarding Trump’s unforgivable attacks on women and promotion of sexual assault, DCCC Spokeswoman Sacha Haworth issued the following statement:
“For the past year, while saying he expected to support the eventual nominee, Congressman Paulsen has offered nothing but half-hearted tweets that were supposed to serve as reproach for a presidential candidate who has mocked the disabled, called women ‘fat pigs,’ attacked military families, and vowed to ban an entire religion from entering America. Now Paulsen offers another such tweet as Donald Trump promotes sexual assault.
“There is no question that Erik Paulsen’s blind allegiance to his party in refusing to denounce Donald Trump – while in fact leaving the door open to voting for him – will cost him in this election, and his cowardice will follow him forever.”
Any objective follower of the presidential race knows that Congressman Paulsen must recognize the binary choice in front of him: he can either continue supporting Trump or vote for Secretary Clinton. Anything less than voting for Clinton is helping Trump.