Democratic senator claims many of his Republican peers secretly support Hillary Clinton

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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Though they may not admit it, Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) told BuzzFeed News that his Republican colleagues are actually pretty fond of Hillary Clinton. "From a Senate perspective, in a secret ballot, Hillary gets a lot of votes out of the Republican caucus," Whitehouse said. "Potentially she even commands a majority of the Republican caucus in a secret ballot because people really do respect her."

Whitehouse said he remembers one instance in particular, when his Republican peers were especially impressed with how Clinton handled a "highly classified matter." "Two of them, her very prominent antagonists in this election, and one looked over at the other and said, 'Boy, she's good.' The other one leaned back and said, 'Yeah, she's really good,'" Whitehouse said. "And that's the Hillary that they know. Not the talking points Hillary or the caricature, but the real person."

All that is to say Whitehouse is pretty darn sure a (second) Clinton White House would have a good relationship with Republicans in Congress — especially in comparison to a White House led by Donald Trump, whose "record is poisonous." Listen to Whitehouse's entire interview at BuzzFeed News.

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