The Hill
By Jordain Carney
February 29, 2016
The
Senate's No. 2 Republican suggested Monday that Donald Trump winning
the party's presidential nomination could spell trouble down the ticket
in November.
Sen.
John Cornyn (Texas) told CNN that Republicans "can't have a nominee be
an albatross around the down-ballot races. ...That's a concern of mine."
Cornyn's
comments come as Republicans are defending 24 Senate seats in November
and can only afford to lose a handful and retain control of the upper
chamber.
With
Trump poised for a strong showing in most of the the 11 states holding
their primary elections on Super Tuesday, congressional Republicans are
increasingly coming
to the grips with the fact that the brash businessman could be their
nominee.
Cornyn
suggested on Monday that vulnerable blue-state Republicans — who have
been wary of tying themselves too closely to Trump — could distance
their campaigns from the
presidential race.
"It's
always important for candidates, in my experience, to be in tune with
your state and not necessarily what's happening in Washington," the
Texas Republican added
in the interview.
While
top Republicans have frequently sidestepped directly commenting on the
presidential race, The New Times reported Saturday that Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
is advising vulnerable incumbents that they can break with Trump if he
wins the nomination.
In
what was largely seen as a veiled shot at Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-Texas), McConnell told reporters late last year that the party needs
to nominate someone who can
swing states.
“We’d
like to have a nominee who can carry purple states because unless the
nominee for president can carry purple states, he’s not going to get
elected,” he said at the
time.
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