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Kirk says Clinton won’t hurt Duckworth bid

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Many Senate Republicans downplay the impact of Donald Trump’s divisive candidacy on their chances in November, stressing the importance of local issues. But ask those same Republicans about Hillary Clinton, and suddenly who’s on the top of that ticket becomes very important, Politico reports.

Except to one.

“Asked whether Clinton will hurt Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., replied: ‘No,’ before an aide interrupted him and swept him away,” the website reports.

The full story is here.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 8:43 am

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–Asked whether Clinton will hurt Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) replied: “No, ” before an aide interrupted him and swept him away.–

More on the context and details of this exchange would be interesting.

How was the senator “swept away,” exactly?

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 8:51 am
Hillary is going to win Illinois by wide margin. This is not controversial.

Comment by slow down Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 8:58 am
slow down, slow down. This one is a different thing than any of us have seen. She may win in Illinois, but it won’t be uncontested. Won’t be anywhere.

Comment by A guy Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 9:04 am
A guy, I’m going to have to respectfully disagree. Even if you assume that Hillary is just as toxic a candidate as Trump (which is not the case when you compare unfavorables), Hillary will win the state easily on tribalism grounds alone. This is a heavily blue state, particularly in presidential election years. Trump can talk all he wants about 90s era Clinton scandals but he will still lose Illinois and it won’t be close.

Comment by slow down Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 9:11 am
Control tower “Advance staffer - wake up - Senator Kirk is about to say something unscripted, please sweep him away from the microphone! Over?”

Staffer “Rodger Rodger Control. Situation Contained, Senator Kirk has been diverted away from live unscripted interactions”

Comment by siriusly Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 9:24 am
Definitely a gaffe by Kirk - he spoke the truth. Not only will Hillary win IL by a wide margin so will Duckworth.

Comment by Angry Republican Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 9:46 am
Consider the source. Natasha Korecki aside, Politico’s D.C.-based newsroom is notorious for regurgitating Republican talking points and concern trolling.

Comment by Northsider Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 9:47 am
===A guy, I’m going to have to respectfully disagree===

Fair enough. We shall wait until the tale of the tape. We’ll know in less that 180 days.

Comment by A guy Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 9:56 am
Though the RCP poll avg shows Trump is beating Clinton, Clinton probably will not hurt Duckworth in Illinois.

Clinton will not help Duckworth, either.

Comment by Formerly Known As... Wednesday, May 25, 16 @ 11:02 am