First House Republican Backs Clinton Amid Growing Trump Tension
It’s not yet clear whether New York Representative Richard Hanna’s move is an outlier or a sign of things to come.
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New York Representative Richard Hanna on Tuesday became the first Republican member of Congress to back Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, citing his discomfort with GOP standard-bearer Donald Trump.
“He is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country,” Hanna said about Trump in an op-ed for Syracuse.com.