Trump has criticized them too, though a long-time Republican operative in May joined one Super PAC backing the real estate mogul. He was incredibly frustrated with Trump’s rise and the direction of the Republican party. After seeing that the GOP isn’t totally supporting him, Donald Trump started considering the idea of running as an independent.
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Trump has consistently declined to release his tax returns, which would offer a fuller portrait of exactly how much money the billionaire has earned. His endorsement is a sign that more of the party’s moneyed elite are rallying behind Trump’s unconventional White House campaign.
“Very cynically, and I think quite immorally the Republicans are gonna line up behind Trump, even though they recognize that he would be very unsafe in the Oval Office”, he added.
And Trump has his own complicated past regarding women and has faced criticism for his actions both in his personal life and at his businesses toward them.
Burr said he did not believe there would be a problem with “party unity”, despite deep, public division embodied in GOP figures such as former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and freshman Nebraska Sen. After all, he is the only one who can afford this!
Boutin says those sentiments have turned her off to a man that many believe is Republicans’ best hope to reclaim the governor’s seat in 2016.
“Anybody but Hillary”, said Carolyn Owen, a 64-year-old educator from Clayton, N.C., near Raleigh. But like an increasing number of Republicans around the country, he is warming to Mr. Trump’s candidacy. “He doesn’t care about facts and he doesn’t care about reversing himself”, he said, citing Trump’s about-face on the Muslim travel ban and minimum wage.
Whether it was their first foray into politics or they were seasoned veterans in their local political scene, everyone had a reason why they wanted to be chosen. “Our party needs to find a path forward that allows people who have honest disagreements about particular candidates to nonetheless work together on behalf of Republican candidates down the ballot”.
And more good news for Trump: a new Fox News poll shows him leading Clinton by three points nationwide for the first time, in a hypothetical head-to-head general election matchup. But “Trump sort of scares me”, Stephens said. The delegates to the July Republican National Convention include Coats and Republican National Committeeman John Hammond, who said in March that Trump is unfit to be president.
Trump later moderated his tone, calling Cameron “a nice guy” and saying the prime minister had invited him to visit 10 Downing St.
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Pace reported from Raleigh, North Carolina.
