Trump himself noted the change of tone on Saturday.
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But in a general election in which voters represent a broader cross-section of viewpoints and the electorate becomes more diverse in terms of race, education and age, Trump’s outspoken views would deeply challenge Republican efforts to recapture the White House, strategists say.
The whole disturbance took about three minutes to settle down.
Trump’s campaign declined interview requests and did not respond to an email seeking comment about details of his policy proposals.
And Trump found ways to tailor his message to the room.
Trump isn’t the only GOP favorite to take a recent stumble.
The mention of Bush, at one time an enormously popular Republican governor in Florida, drew loud boos from the crowd.
Trump spoke for an hour to the crowd inside the arena and repeatedly attacked Rubio for being weak on immigration and for having supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants now living in the country. “We can’t have four more years of Hillary-worthy scandal”, he said.
Republican voters are more than willing to vote for a mean-spirited bully, but they would have second thoughts about supporting a bully who backs down from a fight. “I’m telling you. I would never do it. I don’t care if I like the person or I didn’t”.
A group of anti-Trump protesters stood along the street holding signs and calling Trump a racist bigot for what they call attacks on minority groups. “It’s not even a little bit anymore – it’s a lot”. “I have faith in him”.
“I would never mock a person that has a disability”, Trump said. The Reuters/Ipso survey showed Trump had lost 12 percentage points within the last week. Thus, John Kasich and Jeb Bush’s appeals to the “moderates” of the Republican base in trying to dethrone Trump have been largely unsuccessful. Cruz declared, “I’m a big fan of Donald Trump’s, but I’m not a fan of government registries”.
And a BLM protester was assaulted at Trump event Saturday night after the man yelled out “black lives matter”. The attack which were of the form of Suicide attacks killed around 3000 people and more than 6000 people were injured. When asked if hearing Trump say he’ll “bomb the sh*t our of ISIS”, is too simplistic an answer to the problem of how to deal with the latest edition of Middle East terrorism, Gross disagreed. “But he’s great. He says what’s on everyone’s mind and we need someone who isn’t a politician for president”. The group began a $2.5-million ad campaign this week focused on Trump, who has threatened to sue for defamation.
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At least 4,000 people filled Robarts Arena, and thousands more listened to speakers booming his remarks outside.
