Herrera Beutler Not Yet Prepared to Endorse Donald Trump for President

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During a visit to the Toledo wastewater treatment facility on Friday, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler told The Chronicle she is not ready to throw her support behind Donald Trump for president.

Herrera Beutler, a Republican from Washington’s 3rd District, noted that she had thus far refrained from becoming involved in national politics. However, with Ted Cruz dropping out of the Republican race this week and Trump now being the presumptive nominee for the her party, Herrera Beutler was compelled to enter the fray, if ever so slightly.

Echoing a recent statement from Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Herrera Beutler said, “I’m open but I want to see some things first.”

Among the things that the congresswoman would like to see from Trump is support for the budget, Medicare and Social Security. 



“Those are things that I campaigned on, so those things are big to me,” said Herrera Beutler. 

Seemingly simplifying the equation for Herrera Beutler is her distaste for Trump’s presumptive opponent for the highest office in the land. 

“There’s no question in my mind that Hillary (Clinton) won’t support those things, so that’s out of the question,” she said.