Trump has criticized the Washington-based Club for Growth as being bitter because he refused to give them a $1 million contribution.
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“The Club for Growth is committed to seeing this all the way through”, Mr McIntosh said, explaining that the group would also use mail and online outlets to carry its message and was considering joining with other conservative or Republican groups.
Almost 3,000 people in San Pedro, the Los Angeles community where the battleship is moored, have signed a petition calling for Trump’s event to be moved, according to local reports, and some activists have announced plans to protest his appearance.
The ads highlight Trump’s past support for raising taxes, a single-payer health insurance system, and the Wall Street bailout. It is utilising Mr Trump’s previous liberal policy views to argue that his campaign promises are disingenuous. But the policies he’d implement would benefit himself and his own interests, not the American people.
Fiorina, an ex-CEO of Hewlett Packard turned Presidential candidate, has come under attack from Donald Trump.
At one point, the narrator of one of the ads says, “He’s really just playing us for chumps”. “It’s astonishing that he’s even running as a Republican“. It is a test Mr Trump, for all his apparent strength, has yet to face. The debate format will encourage candidates to engage with each other, as they defend their records and outline their positions on the issues.
Mr Trump was quick to respond. But it’s unclear how much difference $1 million will make in the context of a presidential nominating contest flooded by cash.
Similarly, the candidates themselves, and the super PACs trying to help them win, haven’t put any money into a Trump-defeating effort on television. And as for Rick Perry, who just dropped out of the GOP nomination race, DeSanto says his “odyssey” has been to overcome his “oops” moment in a 2012 debate.
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The latest CBS/New York Times poll of Republican primary voters, taken from September 9-13, shows Trump maintaining his front-runner status, with 27% support. Predictions that the comment would doom his campaign proved wrong; he has continued to climb in the polls nationally as well as in early nominating states.
