Onderhand begint toch de indruk te ontstaan dat De Republikeinse partij helemaal uit elkaar aan het vallen is onder Trump. Senator John McCain liet vandaag weten zijn steun voor Donald Trump in te trekken:
“I have wanted to support the candidate our party nominated. He was not my choice, but as a past nominee, I thought it important I respect the fact that Donald Trump won a majority of the delegates by the rules our party set. I thought I owed his supporters that deference.
“But Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy. Cindy, with her strong background in human rights and respect for women fully agrees with me in this. (Volledige tekst)
Er zijn veel, heel veel gekke Republikeinen, maar vooral het volkomen normloze en onfatsoenlijke gedrag van Trump zal ook velen onder deze oerconservatieve christelijken tegen de borst stuiten.
