Which Republican Lawmakers Have Dumped Trump So Far?
GOP nominee faces backlash for lewd comments about women
Republican lawmakers are quickly distancing themselves from their GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, after leaked footage released Friday showed Trump using vulgar and graphic language in 2005 to discuss his sexual advances towards women.
While many Republicans have condemned the remarks, others went a step further. Some called on Trump to step down as their nominee and allow his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, to take the helm. Others have said they can no longer vote for Trump. Here is a list of those members of Congress.
Note: An (*) indicates lawmakers who had said before the leaked comments that they did not support Trump’s candidacy.
Have Called for Trump to Step Down
- Sen. Mark S. Kirk of Illinois*
- Sen. Mike Lee of Utah
- Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska*
- Sen. Michael D. Crapo of Idaho
- Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona*
- Sen. John Thune of South Dakota
- Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska
- Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska (Later said she would still vote for Trump)
- Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado
- Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia
- Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada
- Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama
- Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama
- Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado
- Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois
- Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri
- Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan*
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska
- Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan
- Rep. John Katko of New York
- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida*
- Rep. Will Hurd of Texas
- Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah
- Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania*
- Rep. Scott Garrett of New Jersey
- Rep. Kay Granger of Texas
Have Withdrawn Support
- Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire
- Sen. John McCain of Arizona
- Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah
- Rep. Mia Love of Utah
- Rep. Cresent Hardy of Nevada
- Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota
- Rep. Steve Knight of California
- Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida
- Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo of New Jersey
Lindsey McPherson, Rema Rahman, Simone Pathé, Alex Roarty, Niels Lesniewski, Alex Clearfield and Hugh Ferguson contributed to this report.Contact Bowman at bridgetbowman@rollcall.com and follow her on Twitter @bridgetbhc.
