<u+201c>in the end, i will not condemn or abandon a man that has every right to forgiveness as i do," robert graham said. | ap photo by kyle cheney 10/10/16 05:24 pm edt arizona gop chairman robert graham, a potential successor for republican national committee chairman reince priebus, issued a blistering statement monday that calls out republicans for bailing on donald trump and takes a jab at rnc leadership for halting some campaign mailers. <u+201c>leadership is more than stopping political mail, not campaigning for someone or making statements condemning a person<u+2019>s comments made nearly a dozen years before,<u+201d> graham said in a statement issued moments before the rnc convened a conference call to discuss the future of the 2016 race. <u+201c>leadership is making the tough decisions, digging in and sacrificing for beliefs and ideas greater than one person.<u+201d> story continued below graham agreed that trump<u+2019>s 2005 comments on women were indefensible <u+2014> but he said he accepts trump<u+2019>s apology for them. <u+201c>we understand when the leftist media condemns republican candidates with bias,<u+201d> graham said. <u+201c>however, it is hard to understand why some are willing to surrender the principles and values we espouse as conservatives well-knowing that hillary clinton, if president, will systematically condemn our freedoms.<u+201d> he also called hillary clinton an <u+201c>enemy<u+201d> to national security. by jake sherman and john bresnahan <u+201c>in the end, i will not condemn or abandon a man that has every right to forgiveness as i do. nor will i give up on the people of this great nation. we must lead. it is my responsibility, as a member of the republican national committee, to elect our republican nominees and defend our country against all enemies. hillary clinton is an enemy to our nation<u+2019>s security, general welfare and blessings of liberty. i will continue to work with passion, integrity and restlessness to stop hillary clinton and elect donald j. trump.<u+201d> by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
arizona gop chair scolds rnc leadership for wavering on trump - politico
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