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Rauner Calls Trump Comments Disgusting

Rachel Otwell

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is finally weighing in on specific comments made by Donald Trump.    Rauner has repeatedly been asked about the presidential campaign, and why he wouldn’t talk about it despite being the state’s top Republican.  He’s said virtually nothing about the race, or his party’s nominee.

Today - speaking to Chicago reporters - Rauner did have something to say in response to the Access Hollywood tape in which Trump talks about kissing and groping women.

"The rhetoric, the language, the statements in that tape that’s recently come out: disgusting, appalling, outrageous. Beyond any reasonable bounds of decency."

Earlier in the campaign, Rauner said he’d support the Republican nominee.  But today he pointed out that he hasn’t endorsed Trump for president.