Hewlett Packard Enterprise co-chief executive and Republican donor Meg Whitman reiterated her opposition to Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee and compared him to fascist leaders Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, according to a media report and two sources. “He feels he’s putting country over party and that to me makes sense”. She also has been an outspoken Trump critic: In February, she blasted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who she backed for president before he dropped out of the race, over his endorsement of Trump, calling it an “astonishing display of political opportunism”.
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‘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 risky to the heart and character of America, ‘ he said. “That’s just a wrong thing to say, and I hope he gets that”.
Meanwhile, a group of Virginia Democrats gathered outside the rally beforehand and denounced Trump.
Referencing how Romney could mull the presidency after losing the White House in 2012, Trump said: “You go off into the sunset”. The opponents include Romney, Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee, who chose Ryan as his running mate.
Johnson’s running mate is another former MA governor, Bill Weld, who once fundraised for Romney.
“Donald Trump is a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and serves nobody but himself”, the Massachusetts Democrat said. “Stop Trump!”, and “Stop hate!
“He needs someone highly experienced and very knowledgeable because it’s pretty obvious he doesn’t know a lot about the issues”, McConnell said of Trump.
Dumping Trump at next month’s Republican national convention? He rode a post-nomination bump to his first real lead over Hillary Clinton just before Memorial Day but has since watched it fizzle amid the bad press.
Trump said the Republican Party “has got to get their act together, come together to win” and slammed GOP senate candidates who are not backing his run for president. He said he is particularly bothered by Trump’s personal attacks on Romney, but also sees red flags in Trump’s comments about the judge and seeming unwillingness to build out his campaign infrastructure. His pitch on Trump was to stay positive, reminding anyone who would listen that Trump has great children, which says something about his character. “I think Trump should pick someone who agrees with his policy and frankly someone who wants to be his vice president”. “And I think that’s what Paul Ryan wants”. Many GOP leaders called on Trump to tone down his public remarks and he seemed to momentarily take the advice to heart, delivering a more subdued speech with the aid of teleprompters on the final night of the GOP primaries last week. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas”, a reference to the controversy over her claims of Native American ancestry.
“This whole thing with the prisoners, this whole thing with the prisoners is not sounding too good”, he said.
Toward the end of his speech, Trump supporters broke into a chorus of “Happy Birthday”.
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Trump also mocked Secretary of State John Kerry, who injured himself past year in a bicycle accident.
