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Trump hits Romney, ‘politically correct’ critics over racism claims

Campaigning in the crucial battleground state of Florida, Donald Trump has bashed Democrats and Republicans alike, from Hillary Clinton to former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on the right. “He was a coward”.

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Trump, who has positioned himself as an anti-establishment candidate, is once again straying from the script when he announced on Friday, ‘I’m thinking about getting some of the great sports people who like me a lot’.

“It’s like what they said about his temper”, said Brett Mohnkern, 29, of Oil City, Pa., who went to Mr. Trump’s rally on Saturday in Pittsburgh.

“He didn’t want to get into the race”, Manafort said. He said he respected people, including Romney, who might not get there.

Manafort’s remarks come just a few days after an interview aired in which Romney accused the billionaire businessman of promoting racism, bigotry and misogyny.

Romney lashed out a Trump during a recent speech to almost 300 political and business leaders at his annual summit in Park City, Utah.

Trump responded to the ad in a tweet on Sunday, declaring “Clinton made a false ad about me where I was imitating a reporter GROVELING after he changed his story”.

“Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation, and trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry and trickle-down misogyny – all these things are extraordinarily unsafe to the heart and character of America”, Romney was quoted as saying.

Hewlett Packard’s Chief Executive Office Meg Whitman has compared Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to fascist leaders Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Whitman could not immediately be reached for comment. Manafort had the following response for Whitman’s comments.

‘We’re going to do it a little different, if it’s OK, ‘ Trump told the crowd on Friday, before saying he wanted supporters like Knight, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, UFC president Dana White, and Nascar president Brian France, to address the convention in Cleveland, the NY Times reported. “I mean, Donald Trump is none of those things”. I love what this country is built upon, and its values. Ted Cruz, for not stopping Trump’s rise in the primary. Flake said Trump’s comments about a Latino federal judge were inappropriate and he feels he should apologize for saying that Judge Gonzalo Curiel couldn’t impartially oversee lawsuits against Trump University because he is of Mexican heritage.

Donald Trump can be an effective president, and he’s going to win with you or without you, Republican Chairman Reince Priebus told several hundred of the party’s top donors and strategists Saturday.

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“The last two weeks have given me serious doubts as to whether he could beat Hillary Clinton”, said Chen, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Saturday