Post by pavel on Mar 4, 2016 6:29:08 GMT -6
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Bob Corker offered words of caution Thursday for GOP leaders waging a last-ditch effort to stop Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president.
"Here's my message to the Republican Party leaders," Corker said in a statement. "Focus more on listening to the American people and less on trying to stifle their voice."
Corker, a Chattanooga Republican, released his remarks just hours after Mitt Romney, the party's 2012 nominee for president, excoriated Trump in a speech in Salt Lake City. Romney called Trump a "phony" who is "playing the American people for suckers" and isn't fit to be president.
Corker has not publicly backed any Republican candidate for president, and his office said his statement should not be construed as an endorsement. The senator does not plan to endorse a candidate in this election, his office said.
Read more: www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/sen-corker-says-gop-trying-to-stifle-voters-voices-2d282737-b209-1920-e053-0100007f566a-370965631.html
"Here's my message to the Republican Party leaders," Corker said in a statement. "Focus more on listening to the American people and less on trying to stifle their voice."
Corker, a Chattanooga Republican, released his remarks just hours after Mitt Romney, the party's 2012 nominee for president, excoriated Trump in a speech in Salt Lake City. Romney called Trump a "phony" who is "playing the American people for suckers" and isn't fit to be president.
Corker has not publicly backed any Republican candidate for president, and his office said his statement should not be construed as an endorsement. The senator does not plan to endorse a candidate in this election, his office said.
Read more: www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/sen-corker-says-gop-trying-to-stifle-voters-voices-2d282737-b209-1920-e053-0100007f566a-370965631.html