Pat Toomey: I didn’t think Trump would pull this off

Sen. Pat Toomey said Thursday that he’s “still trying to process” President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning victory.

“I’ve got to be totally candid with you: I was not expecting Donald Trump to win,” the Pennsylvania Republican told Philadelphia radio host Chris Stigall. “I didn’t anticipate that he would pull this off. I thought it might be close, but I’m still amazed by that.”

Mr. Toomey, who beat Democrat Katie McGinty Tuesday night for a second term in the Senate, struggled with his decision to support Mr. Trump, announcing just hours before the polls closed Tuesday that he had cast a vote for the Republican nominee, BuzzFeed reported.

“It was a genuine dilemma,” Mr. Toomey said. “It wasn’t a dilemma choosing between Trump and Clinton. Clinton was very easy to rule out from day one. That was never a possibility. But I had and I still have a lot of concerns about things that Donald Trump has said — about issues regarding his temperament, about positions he’s taken.

“I decided to vote for Donald Trump because, I think, that the things we can accomplish outweigh the risks of problems with judgments or bad decisions,” he said. “I think it was the right call. It was hard for me to get there.”