Former GOP senator pleads with RNC to replace Trump

Source: Politico | August 9, 2016 | Kyle Cheney

A former U.S. senator from New Hampshire and vehement Donald Trump critic is pleading with national Republican leaders to invoke their authority to remove him from the ticket, arguing that his comments Tuesday hinting at using gun violence to stop Hillary Clinton is “the last straw.”

Gordon Humphrey, who backed Ohio Gov. John Kasich during the primary, wrote a letter Tuesday to New Hampshire’s three representatives to the Republican National Committee — state party chairwoman Jennifer Horn, committeeman Steve Duprey and committeewoman Juliana Bergeron. He urged them to invoke a clause in the party’s rules empowering RNC leadership and Chairman Reince Priebus to replace its nominee.

“If this is not the straw that breaks the camel’s back, if this outrage is not sufficient to inspire courage in the Republican leadership, not just Reince Priebus but Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, then surely the Republican Party has lost its moral conscience,” he said in a phone interview.

Bergeron rejected Humphrey’s suggestion.

“While I have the greatest respect for Senator Humphrey, it is time to support the Republican candidate or we will be watching Hillary’s inauguration,” she said. “That said, I do sometimes wish Mr. Trump would choose his words more carefully so they could not be misconstrued.”

Horn and Duprey were not immediately available for comment, nor were spokespeople for the Trump campaign and RNC.

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