Rep. Renee Ellmers — the only member of Congress explicitly endorsed by Donald Trump — became the first GOP member to lose her seat this year.

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) became the first Republican member of Congress to rescind an endorsement of Donald Trump, saying on Tuesday that he could no longer support his party’s presumptive nominee for president after Trump’s racist attacks against a federal judge.“I cannot and will not support my party’s nominee for President,” he said.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), one of the few Republican senators who have not backed Trump, went a step further, arguing that Trump’s comments could motivate Republicans to challenge him at the party’s convention in July.Said Flake: “Let’s face it: meet the old Trump, just like the new Trump. We’ve got what we’ve got. That’s not somebody who can win the White House.”He added: “Where there’s no talk of a convention challenge or anything else, this might spur it.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), another senator who has yet to back Trump, told a local radio station on Tuesday that Trump’s comments “make it very difficult for me. It makes the decision a hard one.”

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a Trump supporter, warned that the presumptive nominee has “two or three weeks” to change the course of his campaign. 

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