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2 Senators Who Demanded Trump Step Aside Have Had an Epiphany

John Thune and Deb Fischer were among the GOP who demanded Trump step aside and let Mike Pence take over the ticket after the release of his “grab them by the pu$$y” tape.

Something has caused them to reverse their decision in the last few days. Perhaps it was the prospect of facing a primary that has made the video a little less “beyond the pale!”

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Two Republican senators who turned against Donald Trump after the release of a damning 2005 video appear to have reversed their positions.

The first to do was Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, who had called for Trump to step aside and cede the GOP nomination to his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence. She now says she will vote for Trump.

“I plan to vote for Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence on Nov. 8,” she said Tuesday on Lincoln radio station KLIN.

“I put out a statement … with regard to Mr. Trump’s comments,” she said of her initial response to the video, in which Trump boasts of grabbing women without their consent.

“I felt they were disgusting. I felt they were unacceptable, and I never said I was not voting for our Republican ticket.

PHOTO: Physician assistants meet with Sen. Deb Fischer in Washington about the need to reform federal law to allow PAs to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction, as well as the important role PAs play in mental healthcare, Feb. 4, 2016.

“He decided he would not step aside. I respect his decision … I support the Republican ticket, and it’s a Trump-Pence ticket.”

Her chief of staff, Joe Hack, confirmed today that those comments reflect her position.

“On Friday the senator expressed her disgust at Mr. Trump’s comments and suggested he step aside. He did not,” Hack said in a statement. “She did not say in her statement that she was not voting for the ticket, nor did she say she was writing anyone in. Indeed, she plans to vote for the Republican ticket on Nov. 8, which has been her consistent position.”

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota also reportedly stressed today that he’s voting for the Republican ticket, including Trump, after his initial call for Trump to step aside.

PHOTO: John Thune speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, June 28, 2016, in Washington. Deb Fischer uring an interview at Roll Call headquarters in Washington, Dec. 1, 2011.

During a tour of a research facility in Lead, South Dakota, The Rapid City Journal reported, Thune said the 2005 recording was “more offensive than anything I’ve ever seen,” but that won’t stop him from voting for Trump.

“He has a lot of work to do, I think, to win this election. But I’m certainly not going to vote for Hillary Clinton,” the Republican said, according to the newspaper.

Fischer and Thune had condemned the comments Saturday, a day after the release of the 2005 video, in which Trump crudely talks about women during an “Access Hollywood” interview.

28 Comments on 2 Senators Who Demanded Trump Step Aside Have Had an Epiphany

  1. “Fischer and Thune had condemned the comments Saturday, a day after the release of the 2005 video, in which Trump crudely talks about women during an “Access Hollywood” interview.”

    Let’s read that again.

    Fischer and Thune JOINED DEMOCRATS THAT had condemned the comments Saturday, a day after the release of the 2005 video, in which Trump crudely talks about women during an “Access Hollywood” interview.”

  2. Thune said the 2005 recording was “more offensive than anything I’ve ever seen! Guess he hasn’t seen any of the DOZENS of WikiLeaks about Hillary’s despicably corrupt behavior? Or maybe the Rino, globalist, elitist has? Either way, he should probably get his resume in order.

  3. In CO Darryl Glenn, a supposed Cruz darling, immediately renounced and asked Trump to step down Saturday with the rest. Then he had over 500 posts on his FB renouncing him and people returned yard signs and cancelled funding checks. He then changed his mind and went back to supporting Trump and has flipped back and forth a few more times. Needless to say the libertarian is a good choice and has vacuumed up his votes. Another 6 years of Michael Bennett.

  4. POOR LILL SNOWBUNNIES… smallest fiddle ever plays Rhapsody in Blue. Grow up you RINOS…its support or perish time. Either way, America NOW has your full measure, and you are found wanting. Slipping your thumb on the balance won’t save your ass, either.

  5. So thoughtful of these people to aid in making my list of faux reliables.

    I’m gonna have to tear that list up into sections and hand them all out when the time comes.

    Work, work, work, work,……..

  6. These “principled” GOP senators changed their conviction not because they are doing what is right but because the promised folding of Trump didn’t happen when expected. This is the kind of elitist Republican scum that caused the rise of Trump on the first place.

  7. That’s a bitch about Michael Bennett-a seat warmer if there ever was one. Poor Co, it’s gone so far down the crapper, it no way resembles the same state I moved to in 1970.

    Cory Gardner and Michael Bennett-Lord. Glad I’m gone for good.

  8. If I could I would fill out my absent T ballot (for trump) and then go into a chemical induced comma and wake up 11/9/16. I can’t take the drama anymore.

    I know the Republic is doomed if Hillary wins and there are a lot of stupid people like unto Beck who think they are being noble and above-it-all and if it were Sanders (who is a joke) I would not care so much because the nation can survive a clown or a joke but it will not survive Hillary.

    I want it to be over and I want Hillary in prison.

  9. I sent deb an email, I’m sure she didn’t like it. I had sent several I’m sure she didn’t like. I will do my best to see that treasonous cunt is not reelected.

  10. Look who just got the picture. Voters tend to vote part lines. A vote for Hillary would probably result in democrat votes down ticket. Talk about gettin caught in a shitstorm. Wonder how long it will be before the rest of the idiots, up for vote will get the YUGE picture.

  11. TO MJA

    Only temporarily…think “bench warmers”:
    1) it keeps the House and Senate in the (R) camp.
    2) their spinelessness suggests they would fold to Trump proposals.
    3) REAL Trump-supporting Reps and Senators can replace them soon (Primaries are over this round).

  12. and btw, Thune is just another RINO. He didnt start out that way. Began as a principled man, an honor to vote for him. He probably got quited an earful.

    This state always goes republican in the general election. He is running for re-election this year with basically ZERO opposition and could have coasted over the finish line prior to this stupid and cowardly action.

  13. Ryan must be sent packing for good. If voters make an example of him, maybe it will sink in with a few more RINO’s. What good has he done, anyway?

    Ryan said he’s going to focus on the House races, since losing it would give Hillary an open checkbook.
    WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU CALL WHAT YOU’VE BEEN DOING??!!?!?!!
    We wouldn’t be able to tell any difference!

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