Ex-Gov. Pawlenty calls Trump ‘unhinged,’ drops support
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty called Donald Trump “unhinged” on Saturday and withdrew his support after a recording surfaced of the GOP presidential nominee making vulgar comments about women in 2005.
The Republican speaker of the Minnesota House, Kurt Daudt, also joined in a chorus of GOP officials condemning Trump’s lewd words. And four-term U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, who previously said that Trump had not earned his vote, said he would not be voting for the New York real estate magnate.
“Although I’d hoped he could have risen to the occasion, it’s clear Trump is unwilling or unable to demonstrate even the most basic level of discipline, character and judgment necessary to lead our great nation,” Pawlenty said in a statement. “He is unsound, uninformed, unhinged and unfit to be President of the United States, and I am withdrawing my support of him.”
Pawlenty had supported Marco Rubio for president before the Florida senator bowed out during the Republican primaries. Paulsen also had supported Rubio, along with former U.S. Sens. Rudy Boschwitz and Norm Coleman.
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