Dem senator: Clinton may command 'majority of the Republican caucus'

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) says he thinks a lot of Republicans in the Senate are supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

“From a Senate perspective, in a secret ballot, Hillary gets a lot of votes out of the Republican caucus. Potentially she even commands a majority of the Republican caucus in a secret ballot because people really do respect her,” Whitehouse told Buzzfeed News. The Rhode Island senator recalled getting a briefing from the Democratic nominee on a highly classified matter in the basement of the Capitol, where "a bunch of Republican senators were sitting in front of me."

“Two of them, her very prominent antagonists in this election, and one looked over at the other and said ‘Boy, she’s good.’" Whitehouse said. "The other one leaned back and said, ‘Yeah, she’s really good.’ And that’s the Hillary that they know. Not the talking points Hillary...not the caricature, but the real person.”

Whitehouse said he expects that after the presidential election is over, Clinton will have "a very strong base of credibility, good will, confidence, and relationships to go to, particularly in the Senate."

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