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Republican Politicians Have Only Their Fears to Blame
Party leaders accepted Trump because they were afraid of their own voters.
It was too late by then.
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The Washington Post’s Robert Costa said this on the morning after the town-hall debate in St. Louis:
Dozens of Republican politicians jumped off the Donald Trump train over the weekend, after the “Access Hollywood” tape was released. Though the vast majority of Republican elected officials are still with Trump -- at least publicly -- few will defend him. Remember, there were already an unusual number of high-profile Republicans who had broken with their own nominee, with many saying they would support Hillary Clinton and others just refusing to vote for Trump.