“Her trepidation about this and discomfort with this ... were the dominant feelings,” said Kennedy, who suspended his independent bid for president last week after initially seeking the Democratic nomination. “She’s a lifelong Democrat and the idea of me supporting Donald Trump as president was just ... something that she would have never imagined, that she never wanted in her life.”
Hines’ disdain for Trump had been clear long before her husband dropped out of the race. Earlier this year, when a Variety reporter asked Kennedy whether he would accept an offer to be Trump’s running mate, he pointed at Hines and said: “I don’t think that my marriage would survive it.”
Hines responded: “I think he’s right.”
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