The senator said the community is “roused and angry” in a way that he hasn’t seen in decades.
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Next up, Sullivan’s answer mirrored McCain’s, saying he disagreed with Trump but won’t oppose him.
But McCain is sharply critical of Trump’s immigration views – and he knows full well the presumptive GOP nominee’s remarks about Latinos could imperil his own reelection.
“There’s a number of things that I don’t agree with that Donald Trump has said on the campaign trail – some of his rhetoric, some of his policies, certainly some of his instincts on national security and foreign policy”, Sullivan said. Had Republicans taken care of that issue, especially when they controlled both the White House and Congress before 2007, Trump would have never become the populist force we have seen in 2016.
According to a recording from a private fundraiser that was held in April and obtained by ABC News, Arizona Sen. McCain leads David Schweikert 40/39, Matt Salmon 42/40, Kelli Ward 44/31, and Christine Jones 48/27.
Asked if Trump hurts McCain, Flake added: “I don’t think it helps anybody’s candidacy”.
“But in you’re looking right now the choice of someone who, I don’t think has fully formed ideas – and that’s why keeping the Senate in Republican hands is going to be so critical, or, someone on the other side aisle who does and would have a third term of the Obama administration”.
Earlier in the lunch McCain seemed to make a joke about Trump when he brought up the presidential election. Trump infamously attacked McCain’s record as a war hero, criticizing him for being shot down and captured in Vietnam.
“I will support the nominee of the party, both Jeff and I have said that all along”, McCain said, referring to Sen. He said he would support Trump as the Republican nominee despite Trump’s history of bad-mouthing him.
“If we get to November and Republicans lose the election, I’m the first to say we ought to approve the nominee in a heartbeat”.
When asked if his support of Trump as the presumptive nominee was akin to an endorsement, McCain stopped short. “And the Republicans have chosen the nominee for the party”.
“I believe that four years of Hillary Clinton will be a disaster for this nation as far as national security is concerned”, he said. But McCain stressed that, rather than turning his back, he wants to try to influence the GOP platform on the issue.
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Politico noted that Republicans are defending about 25 seats this year.
