Responding to a request from several United States senators to suspend planned events at properties owned by the Republican presidential candidate, the United States Golf Association said it has not changed its position for holding the 2017 tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) issued a brief statement on the morning of October 31st to confirm that it is not considering moving the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., despite the request for a change by three United States senators, United Press International (UPI) reported.
Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, all Democrats, had sent a letter to USGA Executive Director Mike Davis in the aftermath of the latest firestorm over remarks made by Donald Trump, asking Davis and the USGA to consider suspending further events at properties owned by Trump.
The senators asked for the move because of the Republican presidential nominee’s “pattern of degrading and dehumanizing women” over decades, UPI reported.
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, also a Democrat, had joined the other senators in calling for the event to be moved, but only if the tournament stayed in the state, UPI reported. Menendez said that people in New Jersey who depend on the jobs that come from hosting the event should not be penalized.
USGA spokeswoman Janeen Driscoll said in an e-mail that the organization’s stance on Trump has not changed since it issued a statement earlier in the year saying that it would not move the tournament, UPI reported.
The Trump Organization declined to comment to UPI about the latest USGA statement.
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