This Thursday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will come to Capitol Hill for meetings with Speaker Paul Ryan, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senate and House Members. In order to move past the denial stage, and come to grips with the damaging reality of running on a Trump Ticket, will Barbara Comstock meet with Donald Trump so that he can “earn” her vote?
After Donald Trump won the Republican nomination last Tuesday, Barbara Comstock said: “I can’t support Hillary Clinton, and I won’t be, but Donald Trump needs to earn the votes of me and many others.”
What does that mean? When will the inflexible, stubborn and unpredictable Trump “earn” her vote? Is it when he says that women should not be punished for abortions? Is it when Donald Trump admits that it would be dangerous and reckless to break apart our alliance with NATO? Or must he admit that he won’t conduct mass deportations of immigrants, which would be immoral, break apart families and devastate the American economy?
Clearly, Barbara Comstock has a lot of questions for Donald Trump, given that they will share the Trump Ticket in November.
“With Donald Trump visiting Capitol Hill this week, House Republicans are waking up from a bad dream, only to find that it’s reality. No matter how evasive, vague and downright confusing Comstock is in her reaction to Trump, she is part of the damaging Trump Ticket. Given Barbara Comstock’s declaration that Trump must earn her vote, they must want to sit down to start getting on the same page,” said DCCC Spokesman Jermaine House.