Sen. Pat Toomey declined to say if he was voting for Donald Trump or not. | AP Photo Toomey 'remains unpersuaded,' declines to say if he's voting for Trump "I am not endorsing him," the GOP senator said in Pennsylvania.

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey declined to say whether he plans on voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday, only reiterating that Trump has failed to earn his endorsement.

"I am not endorsing him and I remain unpersuaded," Toomey said in a brief interview with reporters after campaigning with Maine Sen. Susan Collins at a "Women for Toomey" breakfast at a restaurant here.


"The way I look at it is we have two terrible choices, and I think many Pennsylvanians view it this," he continued. "This is not, ultimately, a referendum on anyone. It's a choice. It's a bad choice."

Since Friday, when 2005 tape emerged of Trump bragging about hitting on married women and committing sexual assault, three Republican Senate candidates — New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Arizona Sen. John McCain and Nevada Rep. Joe Heck — have declared they don't plan on voting for Trump in November. All three candidates had previously said they planned on supporting their party's nominee.

Toomey withheld his endorsement from Trump following the Republican primaries, but has also been harshly critical of Clinton and once said his Democratic opponent, Katie McGinty, would stand in the way of "President Trump."

Toomey didn't directly answer questions Tuesday about whether a Trump endorsement could still come, but he did declare: "I could never support Hillary Clinton."