Scott Jones Doubles Down on Support for Donald Trump
“Scott Jones has been a Trump supporter since last fall, so it’s not surprising he’s doubling down now,” said Barb Solish of the DCCC. “The Trump/Jones ticket will continue to alienate women, millennials, independents, minority voters, and even Republicans. Sacramento voters will have a clear choice at the ballot box this November.”
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As GOP grapples with Donald Trump, Scott Jones says he’ll support him [Excerpts]
The Sacramento Bee
May 6, 2016
By Christopher Cadelago
Republican Scott Jones, campaigning to unseat Democratic Rep. Ami Bera in a Sacramento County swing district, has confirmed he will vote for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
…“Given the alternative, I will be voting for him,” Jones said.
…He first voiced his commitment to back the GOP nominee, including Trump, two months ago as Trump continued to rack up primary wins.
…Other Republicans are withholding their endorsements or disassociating themselves from Trump, who has alienated many Latinos, Muslims, women and other groups on his way to the nomination.
On Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he wasn’t prepared to back Trump, further exposing the rift playing out in the Republican Party. Ryan’s office issued a statement Friday saying he planned to meet with Trump next week in Washington.
Mitt Romney, John McCain, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush have distanced themselves from Trump.
Closer to home, California Republicans are grappling with questions about their new standard-bearer. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, among the state’s leading Republicans, issued a statement to NBC 7’s Gene Cubbison concluding, “Mr. Trump has not earned my vote.”
“I am not endorsing Mr. Trump,” said Faulconer, who is seeking re-election on the June 7 ballot. “I reject his divisive rhetoric, including that toward women and Latinos. We need to be building bridges and bringing people together. That’s how we do things in San Diego.”
Jon Fleischman, the conservative blogger, consultant and former state party officials who backed Ted Cruz, said he’ll never find Trump appealing. “Like ever.”
“As a Republican, I will once again be asked to ‘overlook the flaws’ of our nominee and charge into battle against the Democrats,” Fleischman wrote. “That certainly isn’t something I feel like doing today, or really can imagine doing at all.”
Concluded Fleischman: For now I think I will spend some time figuring out where to take my family during a week in July that had been previously blocked out to go to Cleveland. Somewhere tropical… Preferably with no television.”