“Congresswoman McSally continues to be exposed throughout Arizona and nationally for her refusal to say anything about Donald Trump that makes a shred of sense. It raises serious questions about her commitment to transparency and sincere interest in representing her diverse constituency if she has not heard enough about Trump already to know he is unfit to be President,” Said Tyler Law of the DCCC.
Key Highlights:
[…]Before deciding if she’ll vote for Donald Trump, Martha McSally says she’ll spend time “determining what kind of man he is.” Mia Love says some comments by the presumptive Republican presidential candidate need “some sort of explanation,” while Renee Ellmers backs him because he’s “a problem solver.” McSally, Love and Ellmers are hardly random women. They’re Republican members of the House, part of a sorority of five GOP congresswomen facing competitive re-election races whose reactions highlight the hard choices Trump’s provocative statements are forcing on his own party.Each of the five must confront a question with political and personal implications: Will you support your party’s standard-bearer, knowing his history of comments about women that many consider offensive? Trump has called some women a “dog,” a “fat pig” or “flat-chested,” republished a tweet dubbing Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly a “bimbo” and accused likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of using “the woman’s card” to win votes.
[…]Most of the five GOP women in close races have been cautious when discussing Trump, instead emphasizing their focus on their district’s needs and Clinton’s vulnerabilities as a candidate. “I don’t want to talk about that,” McSally said last week about Trump, saying she and her staff are “working our butts off” for her swing district around Tucson, Arizona. Her campaign provided a written statement saying she respects “the will of voters” but citing “concerns” about Trump’s statements about women. “I’ll spend the next six months if needed watching closely, learning more about him and determining what kind of man he is before I decide whether to give him my vote,” it said.