Toomey dodges Trump questions days before election
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is refusing to say if he will support Donald Trump with only five days left until the presidential election.
“Like a lot of Pennsylvanians and a lot of Americans, I am a very disappointed in the choice we have,” he told a local Fox Station when questioned about his support.
{mosads}Toomey sidestepped or declined to answer multiple questions about if he would vote for the GOP presidential nominee. When an anchor noted he is running out of time, he said, “I don’t think they’ve opened the polls yet.”
The GOP senator has said for months that he is undecided. He added Thursday that he’ll “probably” announce how he’ll vote before the election.
Democrats have hounded Toomey for refusing to break with Trump over his string of controversial comments.
Toomey acknowledged Thursday that “I wrestle … with where to end up on this” but argued that Katie McGinty, his Democratic opponent, won’t stand up to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton if she wins the White House.
“I have an opponent who can’t acknowledge a single flaw in what I think is the most badly flawed Democratic nominee in the history of Democratic Party,” he said.
The Pennsylvania race is one of roughly seven Senate fights that will help determine which party controls the Senate next year. Democrats need to pick up five seats — or four if they retain the White House — to win back the majority.
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