{"id":14100,"date":"2016-10-27T08:02:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T08:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14100"},"modified":"2016-10-27T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T08:02:41","slug":"jason-chaffetz-appears-to-flip-flop-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/jason-chaffetz-appears-to-flip-flop-on-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"Jason Chaffetz appears to flip-flop on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Jason Chaffetz appears to flip-flop on Trump<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Jason Chaffetz appears to flip-flop on Trump:-<\/strong> Jason Chaffetz to the list of Republicans sending mixed signals about his support for Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I will not defend or endorse @realDonaldTrump, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. HRC is bad for the USA,&#8221; the House Oversight Committee chairman<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I will not defend or endorse <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. HRC is bad for the USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasoninthehouse\/status\/791445788656226304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Earlier this month, the Republican congressman told CNN&#8217;s Don Lemon that he wouldn&#8217;t defend the candidate after a 2005 &#8220;Access Hollywood&#8221; tape was leaked revealing Trump bragging about being sexually aggressive with women because he is a celebrity. In the wake of the tape, nearly a dozen women have alleged Trump sexually assaulted or inappropriately touched them without permission. Trump has denied all the claims of misconduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Trump repeats claim Gold Star family&#8217;s son would be alive had he been president<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;My wife, Julie and I, we have a 15-year-old daughter,&#8221; Chaffetz had said on &#8220;CNN Tonight.&#8221; &#8220;Do you think I can look her in the eye and tell her that I endorsed Donald Trump for president when he acts like this and his apology? That was no apology, that was an apology for getting caught.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chaffetz continued: &#8220;So I&#8217;m not going to put my good name and reputation and my family behind Donald Trump when he acts like this, I just can&#8217;t do it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">And when asked by Lemon if Trump could do anything to make it up to voters and the Republican Party, Chaffetz responded, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Other Republicans sending mixed messages on Trump include GOP Senate candidate Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, who is running for re-election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chaffetz is a congressman from Utah, the home state of independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin whose popularity there threatens to squeeze Trump&#8217;s path to victory in the previously solid red state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A Utah poll earlier this month found Trump and Clinton tied, with McMullin running a close third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chaffetz also led the Hill GOP investigation into Clinton&#8217;s email use while secretary of state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/10\/26\/politics\/jason-chaffetz-utah-donald-trump-hillary-clinton\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/jason-chaffetz-appears-to-flip-flop-on-trump.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Chaffetz appears to flip-flop on Trump Jason Chaffetz appears to flip-flop on Trump:- Jason Chaffetz to the list of Republicans sending mixed signals about his support for Donald Trump. &#8220;I will not defend or endorse @realDonaldTrump, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. 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