Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island came up behind Graham, clapped a hand on his back and said, “I’ve been trying to call you, but I haven’t been able to get through!” Check back soon for further information.
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Even with the drop in support on the final night of the survey, Trump was the favorite of 24 percent of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. But the billionaire businessman’s supporters are cheering him louder than ever as the fallout intensifies after he mocked Sen.
It’s the story that just keeps on giving.
“Give it shot”, Trump said after reciting the number.
On Tuesday, a reporter asked McCain what he thought it meant that Trump was at the top of the pack right now.
The remark has sparked an avalanche of criticism as veterans groups and many Republican officials defended McCain. But then he segued into Trump’s claim in his announcement speech that Mexican immigrants are “rapists”.
Republican National Committee strategist Sean Spicer said on Twitter that there is “no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honorably”.
And the intraparty bickering and bitterness is seeming increasingly palpable.
Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from the state, is one of many in the crowded GOP field vying for the party’s 2016 nomination. He spoke in South Carolina, the senator’s state.
In the world of presidential politics, it’s the summer of stunts. The latest Trump flare-up overshadowed Tuesday’s campaign launch by Ohio Govenor John Kasich. His rivals were tentative in taking issue with his immigration comments but pounced over the weekend when he went after McCain, R-Ariz., a former prisoner of war, who drew the ire of Trump when he said the Phoenix rally had drawn out the “crazies” in the GOP. “The more Mr. Trump is being beaten on by people, obviously the better his polling numbers are”.
“He is yet another all talk, no action politician who spends too much time on television and not enough time doing his job and helping the Vets.”
While McCain may seem to some like an unusual target, the Arizona senator and former Republican presidential nominee is deeply unpopular among many conservatives.
Probably getting a new phone. iPhone or Android? “So I don’t think I’d fire anybody but I’d hire John McCain“. “I want somebody who is straight shooting and tough for America”. The other candidates pounced, expressing such horror-filled dismay that you’d think Trump had summoned the media to watch him set fire to the American flag.
“He’s not a dealmaker”, Trump said.
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Here are the highlights of Trump’s Tuesday theatrics, as told through GIFs. The other is to always get revenge. “I like people that weren’t captured“. His next scheduled campaign stop is in Iowa on Saturday.
