Well, that was fast. Nevada Republican Joe Heck has gone from "why wouldn't I trust Trump" to have his finger on the nuclear button last month to refusing to say if he's voting for Trump now. Because, he claims, it should be a "secret ballot."
On Tuesday at a national security roundtable with GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Heck said he likely would not reveal who he was voting for before the election, and voters didn’t have a right to know anyway.
“It’s a personal decision who you vote for,” Heck said. “It’s a secret ballot, just like your ballot is a secret ballot.”
The shadow of Trump is looming large over the Nevada Senate race, and Heck might have the most serious problem. […]
Heck was ahead in the polls until the recordings surfaced in September and Heck called on Trump to resign. Since then, Cortez Masto has led in all the polls, save for one.
Heck's constituents might just have something to say about whether they have a right to know who he's voting for, since he wants to be representing them in the Senate and all. That’s on all sides of the equation—the ardent Trump supporters who are pissed at him for dumping Trump, and all those Nevadans who are terrified at what a President Trump could mean.
It's not often that you can say "CNN nailed it!" but John King nails it: "No, no … You are a member of the United States Congress, you're a declared member of the Republican Party and you want to be in the United States Senate. Leaders lead, right?"
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