WASHINGTON — As of Wednesday, 53 Republican members of Congress had publicly declared their opposition to Donald Trump, their party’s presidential nominee.
They have either said explicitly they will not vote for him, withdrawn previous endorsements or called on him to abandon his candidacy. (Some in that last group haven’t said how they’ll vote if Trump doesn’t drop out.)
A quarter of the lawmakers spurned Trump before Friday’s release of a 2005 video in which he bragged about groping women. The rest did so after the tape came out.
Before the video
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
Sen. Mark S. Kirk of Illinois
Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska
Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan
Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania
Rep. Robert J. Dold of Illinois
Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida
Rep. Richard Hanna of New York
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia
Rep. Reid Ribble of Wisconsin
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida
After the video
Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
Sen. Michael D. Crapo of Idaho
Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona
Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah
Sen. John McCain of Arizona
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio
Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota
Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama
Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah
Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado
Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia
Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska
Rep. Scott Garrett of New Jersey
Rep. Kay Granger of Texas
Rep. Cresent Hardy of Nevada
Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington
Rep. Will Hurd of Texas
Rep. David Jolly of Florida
Rep. John Katko of New York
Rep. Steve Knight of California
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo of New Jersey
Rep. Mia Love of Utah
Rep. Patrick Meehan of Pennsylvania
Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota
Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama
Rep. Reichert of Washington
Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida
Rep, Mike Simpson of Idaho
Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah
Rep. Pat Tiberi of Ohio
Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan
Rep. David Valadao of California
Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri
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