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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 04:15 PM Jan 2019

GOP senator suddenly fine with Trump 'degrading and assaulting women'

By Dan Desai Martin - January 31, 2019

Cory Gardner, who said he 'will not support someone who brags about degrading and assaulting women,' changed his mind. He'll support Trump in 2020.

Back in 2016, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) said he absolutely could not vote for Trump, based on principle. On Wednesday, Gardner cast those claims aside.

In an interview with the Independent Journal Review, Gardner said he would “be supporting the president” in 2020.

That’s much different than Gardner’s position just two years ago, when he said he “cannot and will not support someone who brags about degrading and assaulting women.”

Gardner distanced himself from Trump in 2016, after a video surfaced of Trump bragging about serially assaulting women. In the video, Trump claimed he enjoyed grabbing women “by the pussy,” and kissing women without their consent because, as a star, he “can do anything.”

https://shareblue.com/cory-gardner-trump-degrading-assaulting-women-2020/

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“Senator Gardner is letting everyone know why he won’t be re-elected in 2020: he’s standing with President Trump and against Colorado,” DSCC spokesperson David Bergstein said in a statement. “We hope he’s proud of his endorsement because he’s going to spend the next two years explaining it.”

Thumbing his nose at his own principles and the will of Coloradans, Cory Gardner is embracing Trump. If GOP insiders were worried about Gardner’s re-election chances before — and they were — they must be terrified now.

Published with permission of The American Independent.

He fully supports a traitor and someone that belittles woman , and in this the country, we really don't like people that are on the taxpayer dime that support traitors.................your so spineless Gardner, that you haven't asked on simple question why did your leader go into a room with and know FSB agent at the G20 and not tell anyone................now to vote out 22 more right wing spineless republican senators.....................

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GOP senator suddenly fine with Trump 'degrading and assaulting women' (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2019 OP
Flake's replacement? muntrv Jan 2019 #1
What a flip flop should make for great oppo ad Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #2
I guess he is counting on the Trump base NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #3
The republicans can't win without the 30 percent of the Trumpers. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #4
He's an embarrassment to my state ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #5

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
3. I guess he is counting on the Trump base
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 04:36 PM
Jan 2019

turning out for him in 2020.

Have Dems recruited anybody good to challenge Gardner?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. He's an embarrassment to my state
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 04:42 PM
Jan 2019

I wrote him once about confirming JBeau, and I got a form letter back describing how wonderful JBeau was. So I'm thinking about writing him again and asking him to reconsider his previous stance.

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