At a rally later Monday in Macon, Georgia, Trump told a almost all-white audience of about 5,000 that the meeting was “inspiring” and “unbelievable”.
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Bush said that, while the idea of frontrunner Donald Trump recieving the Republican nomination is “kind of scary”, he would support Trump, “because anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
Lancaster County’s Republican chairman, David Dumeyer, said many GOP voters want to hear out Trump as they make up their minds.
Trump said he is not the only one who remembers seeing the cheering Muslims, and that people have even been calling to back him up ever since he made the controversial 9/11 claim.
“Why wouldn’t it have taken place?” he said of an alleged celebration there. I saw clips. And so did many other people.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump canceled a press conference Monday with a group of black religious leaders after several pastors denied reports that they planned to endorse him.
The God of the Bible to which many high-profile pastors in late September prayed to for a strong African-American to accompany Mr. Donald Trump on the campaign trail had appeared to answer the prayers before they were uttered. And many people saw it in person.
Trump has also drawn strong criticism and disbelief from legal experts for saying earlier this month that he would require American Muslims to register in a database in response to the Paris terrorist attacks. They also expressed concern that the meeting on Monday would “give Trump the appearance of legitimacy among those who follow your leadership and respect your position as clergy”. So why would I take it back?
“It did happen in New Jersey”, Mr Trump said.
“Trump will host an informational meet and greet with many members of the Coalition of African American Ministers”, Trump’s press secretary Hope Hicks said in an email to reporters Sunday.
But pressed three times by ABC moderator Martha Raddatz, Kasich refused to definitively say if he would back Trump as the nominee, saying Trump is “not going to” be the nominee.
At the weekend rally in Sarasota, Florida, Trump said, “Everybody admits that worldwide, the Muslims were absolutely going wild”. Speaking on Fox News, Trump implied disregard for the demonstrator’s message.
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Prior to the change of plans, 114 academics and church leaders wrote an open letter published on the website of Ebony Magazine that warned the pastors against meeting with Mr. Trump. Overall, Scott, who considers himself a friend of Trump, mentioned that Trump’s message resonates with him personally and contrary to what people may think, Trump never offered him money for his endorsement, nor would he accept it.
