The Republican Party this week is like fifth-century Rome must have been after the Visigoths stormed the city’s gates.
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“But Donald Trump is not the answer”. On Monday, Pollyannas were still convincing themselves that Trump could be thwarted at a contested convention.
Campaigning ahead of California’s June 7 primary, Clinton pointed to her lead of more than 3 million votes and almost 300 pledged delegates over Sanders. Even Trump couldn’t have expected it to happen so fast.
Trump’s effort to raise as much as $1 billion for his campaign and the Republican Party for the general election is just getting started and may not be able to rely on some major past sources of financial support. They ignored the obvious fact that Trump was gaining momentum as the primaries went on.
Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist, said Ryan gave lawmakers in his party cover to steer clear of Trump in their re-election campaigns.
“I’ve probably worked longer and harder than anybody else who’s running over 25 years for the Clintons, particularly for Hillary, but that’s really not the issue”, said former state senator Lois Pines. Anyone buying into this story line should first try to ascertain whether it’s based on reality or wishful thinking. As for me, I’ll continue not to take anything for granted.
Trump will make the GOP a bigger tent. They are making their voices heard.
“Trump came in and hijacked our party”, McKenna said.
So far, GOP luminaries are mostly choosing collaboration over resistance – although many have so far declined comment and seem to be still pondering.
Kasich dropped out of the race on Wednesday, abandoning a longshot bid to force an open vote at the Republican convention in July should Trump fail to achieve a majority of the party’s delegates. Former secretary of state Clinton’s appeal to voters seeking continuity with President Barack Obama’s policies, has won her a decisive lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but finds strong opponents among those disillusioned by what they see as lack of progress during Obama’s tenure.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Ryan said he wants Trump to unify “all wings of the Republican Party and the conservative movement” and then run a campaign that will allow Americans to “have something that they’re proud to support and proud to be a part of”.
We asked our followers how Trump’s 2016 candidacy will shape the GOP future, whether the party will lose its congressional majorities and whether they expect a third-party run. “He was the target of some of the most vicious attacks” by Trump.
“As the presumptive nominee, (Trump) now has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals”, McConnell said in a statement Wednesday.
Republican elites need to acknowledge that significant numbers of voters in our own party support a candidate who does not subscribe to orthodoxy on foreign policy, trade, immigration, and many other matters. For example, this is the view of Sen. While young men of his generation were fighting and dying, and, as in the case of John McCain, being tortured for their country, Donald Trump was bedding down as many women as he could despite his fear of contracting a venereal disease.
One politician who will not be on the Republican ticket is South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
But in a sign some Republicans are rallying around Trump, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, whose family has helped bankroll an anti-Trump group, is set to endorse him on Friday. Sorry, Senator, but that’s not even a distinction, much less a difference.
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Donald Trump is now the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party. Over the course of the race, the campaign has reached out at some point to every superdelegate either in person, over the phone, by e-mail, or a weekly newsletter, said the aide, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about internal operations.
