And on Tuesday, at an event in Washington to promote his memoir, McConnell openly anxious that Trump was turning Hispanic voters away from the party, most recently because of his comments about a federal judge of Mexican heritage.
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Trump has complained repeatedly about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel who is handling the Trump University class-action lawsuit filed in San Diego. According to the statement, while Trump does not “feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial”, he feels “justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial”.
When Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump, I cut him some slack by virtue of his position as House Speaker.
“Claiming a person can’t do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment”, said Ryan. “I just don’t think you know his tone as far as Hispanics, his tone to women, and quite frankly, his tone to veterans, as a Marine Corps combat veteran”, Coffman said.
Trump has not apologized for his comments.
“I read some of the criticisms, and what I saw was, ‘We want you to punish Donald Trump”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves at supporters as he leaves the stage with his wife Melania after a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
Walker had previously pledged to support the Republican nominee regardless of who it was, but on Tuesday hedged by telling WKOW-TV that Trump is “not yet the nominee”. Nownes does believe that Trump will take the state, despite being controversial.
“He’s right-Trump isn’t what Republicans stand for”, comedian Samantha Bee said.
Too bad, as Think Progress points out, federal courts have ruled time and time again that a judge’s ethnicity is not a conflict of interest that hinders his or her ability to rule in a case.
Trump, Feb. 28: I think the judge has been extremely hostile to me.
Donald Trump says he doesn’t need to raise $1 billion for his presidential campaign, distancing himself from his own fundraising estimate.
“It’s time to quit attacking various people you have competed with, or various minority groups in the country, and get on message”, McConnell said later that day. Although Curiel’s parents are from Mexico, Curiel was born in IN and is known for his tough approach to Mexican drug cartels. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who has long opposed the billionaire’s candidacy. Trump doesn’t seem to care but the GOP does, and people such as Mitch McConnell are smart enough to know that Republicans will be hard-pressed to win a general election if they get trounced, again, by Democrats when it comes to Latino and African-American votes.
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But Hewitt focused on more than just the presidency and reminded the Republican base that the fight is over much more than just the highest elected office in the land.
