Mark Kirk: ‘I cannot and will not support’ Trump

Published June 7, 2016 8:16pm ET



Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., became the latest federal lawmaker Tuesday to announce that he will not support presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in November.

In a statement, Kirk said that in the wake of Trump’s recent attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel — who is presiding over the Trump University case — for his Mexican heritage, he “cannot and will not support” Trump no matter the political implications for himself and the GOP.

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