Top Connecticut Republican Condemns Donald Trump

One of the top elected Republicans in Connecticut politics attempted to distance himself and party nominees running for office from the recent comments made by presidential nominee Donald Trump.

"Trump is an outlier. He’s doing his own thing. Everyone knows he’s doing his own thing. Everybody knows whatever he says, that comes out of his lips, is not a reflection on this state or the Republicans on this state," Senator Len Fasano said Monday. 

Trump has been sparring in the press with Khizr and Ghazala Khan since they appeared at the Democratic National Committee in Philadelphia last week. Their son, Humayun, was killed in an explosion in Iraq where he was serving with the US Army in 2004.

Khan held up a copy of the U.S. Constitution and challenged whether Trump has read it or whether he's made similar sacrifice.

Trump responded by questioning whether Ghazala Khan was even allowed to speak at the DNC at all.

Fasano has never endorsed Trump for president. The closest he came to such a move was on April 27, the day after Trump won the Connecticut Republican primary in a runaway.

Fasano, who endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich and was a part of his Connecticut leadership team, described Trump as a, "cathartic voice," for many voters who feel left behind.

 Fasano denounced Trump on Monday. 

“If you are going to go after a Gold Star mom, someone who lost their son, someone who gave their life to our country, that is just off limits. You don’t do that. I don’t care what party that’s from, I don’t care what the issue is, you just don’t do that so I find his comments to be way out of line,” Fasano said.

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