Washington, D.C.–Correct The Record President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement on Paul Manafort’s resignation as the Trump campaign’s Chairman and Chief Strategist:
“Trump has officially replaced a Russia sympathizer with a white supremacist sympathizer. Paul Manafort’s resignation is just the latest sign of how toxic Donald Trump’s campaign has become. The Trump campaign is clearly desperate to bury their candidate’s troubling relationship with Moscow. But Manafort’s resignation after days of bad stories regarding his involvement with pro-Putin Ukrainian figures cannot erase the fact that for months Trump has praised Vladimir Putin, defended Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and refused to condemn some of the Kremlin’s worst atrocities. Trump owes the American people answers about his relationship with the Kremlin. For starters, he should release his tax returns and finally come clean about any financial ties to Moscow.”