Roberts calls Trump’s comments ‘abhorrent’ but sticks by campaign

ALLEN -- Sen. Pat Roberts said Monday that he abhors Donald Trump’s recently surfaced video comments on women but continues to support the Republican presidential nominee’s candidacy and will continue to advise him on agricultural policy.

On Friday, a video surfaced in which Trump boasted of kissing and groping women and getting away with it because of his status as a wealthy celebrity. In Sunday night’s presidential debate, Trump apologized and called the comments a form of “locker room talk.”

“I found Mr. Trump’s commentary, even though it was 10 years ago, abhorrent,” Roberts said.

In the wake of the inflammatory video, dozens of Republican elected officials and party elders have announced they are abandoning their party’s nominee.

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