"throughout this campaign an unprecedented number of leading republicans" have come out against donald trump, a hillary clinton campaign official said.  | ap photo by cristiano lima 11/01/16 08:26 pm edt the hillary clinton campaign is unveiling a new spate of ads featuring republican voters blasting their party's nominee for his past comments on women. in one spot, don mcvaugh, a longtime republican and air force veteran from outside richmond, virginia, says the "access hollywood" tape that showed donald trump boasting about groping women was "the last straw" for him. story continued below "i was rationalizing donald trump's behavior until i heard that tape. that was the last straw," he says in a 30-second spot . "i don't want my granddaughter thinking it's ok to be treated that way and my grandson to grow up thinking that's how you treat women. that scares me. that scares me a lot." the ads, debuting in numerous battleground states, including florida, iowa, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, ohio and pennsylvania, are part of a renewed offensive push for a clinton campaign that spent the weekend reeling from fbi director james comey's revelation that the bureau planned to review new emails that may be relevant to its probe of clinton's email practices. the clinton campaign made a major effort to spotlight republican defectors during the democratic convention, and has sought to pick off longtime gop donors in the months since. by heather caygle several top officials who served in the george w. bush administration <u+2014> such as former homeland security secretary michael chertoff, former treasury secretary hank paulson, and former secretary of state colin powell <u+2014> have come forward to endorse clinton. "throughout this campaign, an unprecedented number of leading republicans have not only come out against donald trump, but have put their country ahead of their party and endorsed hillary clinton for president," a clinton campaign official said. in multiple spots, republican voters acknowledge having political differences with clinton but stress that trump's attitudes toward women simply go too far. "i used to be a passionate trump supporter and even defended him, and then i saw the awful tape," says tiffany lewey, a mother of two from outside dallas in another ad. "it's just simply disgraceful. i can't support a man who says such horrific things about women." the clinton campaign is seeking to expand its map to arizona, and a third ad features terry daniel, a father of two from phoenix. "i've been a republican most of my life," daniel says . "the values that donald trump has shown, they don't represent me, they don't represent what i want to teach my children or my family." by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
new clinton ads show gop defectors slamming trump on gender - politico
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