Hillary Clinton attempted to tie another Republican senatorial candidate to unpopular GOP nominee Donald Trump, this time focusing on the race between Republican Sen. Richard Burr and Democratic opponent Deborah Ross.
“Deborah is exactly the kind of partner I need in the United States Senate. She will help break through the gridlock,” she said during a campaign stop in Raleigh, N.C. “Deborah knows that people of courage and principles need to come together to reject [Trump’s] dangerous and divisive agenda.”
The remarks come a day after she sought to tie Republican Sen. Pat Toomey to Donald Trump. Toomey is also in a heated race with Democratic opponent Katie McGinty.
Clinton singled out Ross, a state senator, by saying that she spent her “entire career working to open up opportunities for all people in this state, no matter who you are, what you look like or who[m] you love.”
Burr has stuck by Trump but did denounce the GOP nominee’s lewd remarks about women that surfaced in a 2005 Access Hollywood taping.
The RealClearPolitics polling average shows that Burr holds a 2.8 percentage point lead over Ross. Toomey is in an even closer race, with RealClear showing him up 1.8 percent.
