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Senate Majority Whip: A Trump Nomination Would Be A ‘Gamble’ [VIDEO]

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Senate Majority Whip [crscore]John Cornyn[/crscore] says the 2016 election is “too important to gamble” and having Donald Trump be the Republican presidential nominee would be a “gamble.”

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt on Monday, Cornyn said, “[Y]ou can’t govern unless you can win, and I’m increasingly worried about the viability of a Trump nomination in the fight against Hillary Clinton.” (RELATED: Hewitt: Trump’s Refusal To Disavow KKK Is His ’47 Percent’ Moment [VIDEO])

Referring to Trump’s refusal to disavow the KKK, Hewitt said, “Senator Cornyn, I was on CNN this morning. It’s interesting you used the word inexplicable. That’s what I used, same word. I said that’s inexplicable, because I think in terms of soundbites and attack ads running the ten days before the election in the African-American and other precincts of swing states using the Jake Tapper-Donald Trump audio. I don’t know how you come back from that. Isn’t that exactly what would happen?” (RELATED: Trump’s Excuse For Not Disavowing KKK: ‘I Had A Lousy Earpiece’ [VIDEO])

“Absolutely,” Sen. Cornyn said. “Well, you see even in the absence of a gaffe like that, frequently, you see some of those attack ads. But to have them essentially to be valid from the standpoint of his refusal to disavow, is harmful. There’s no two ways about it.”

“So in your opinion, then, is the party best served by somebody else,” Hewitt asked. “I’m Switzerland. Everyone is welcome here. I’m not declaring. I’m not like you. But are you saying don’t vote for Donald Trump?”

“You know, I’ve taken the position on your show and elsewhere, Hugh, that I will support the nominee of our party,” Cornyn said. “But you can’t govern unless you can win, and I’m increasingly worried about the viability of a Trump nomination in the fight against Hillary Clinton.”

“I don’t want a third Obama term, which is what Hillary Clinton would provide us,” Cornyn said. “The country is really on the precipice of becoming a European social democracy, and unrecognizable to all of us, or many of us, anyway. and I think it’s too important to gamble, which is what I think a Trump nomination would be. It would be a gamble.”

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