Judges generally are thought to have conflicts of interest only in more specific situations, such as a financial interest in the outcome of the case.
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But he says he’ll vote for Trump anyway.
In an interview on Fox News, Trump said Republicans angry at him should “get over it”.
Jeremy Johnson, associate professor of political science at Carroll College in Helena, said most Republican lawmakers in Congress take their cues from leadership about whom to support. Trump has maintained that customers were overwhelmingly satisfied.
Trump has come under fire for many comments since he launched his presidential campaign almost a year ago.
“Todd is focused on letting Florida Republicans know why we don’t need another career politician in the US Senate”, said Erin Isaac, a spokeswoman for Wilcox’s campaign. Trump suggested the judge might be adversely influenced in the legal proceedings because of Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the U.S. Mexico border.
The governor’s abrupt change in tone has Red State speculating: “Walker is among the people who are at least entertaining the possibility that something might happen to prevent Trump from becoming the nominee in July”.
Dianne Feinstein of California said Sanders and Clinton should “march on to a general election together”, and any Sanders plan to keep fighting until the Democratic National Convention “is going to make that much more hard”. “And then you move on”. Other Republicans said they can not back Trump and even suggested the possibility of a challenge at next month’s convention. But that can’t justify Mr. Trump’s race-based verdict against him.
“Trump is also House Speaker Paul Ryan’s kind of candidate”, Warren will say.
On Sunday, Trump doubled down on the idea.
Republicans had appeared unified after Trump vanquished his last opponents about a month ago.
But the situation exposed the peril for Republicans forced to answer for Trump’s latest divisive comment, distracting from their own agendas as well as their goals of winning back the White House and hanging onto Senate control.
For a party that in 2012 explicitly pinned its survival on drawing support from Hispanics, Trump’s words create an ugly series of headaches. Members running for re-election this fall could face serious challenges deciding how to respond to Trump’s controversial statements, he said. Most Americans (57%) think Trump was wrong in his complaint.
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Ryan, the country’s top elected Republican, blasted Trump’s comments, which have threatened to disrupt Republicans’ already rocky efforts to unite behind the candidate.
