But again, Republicans were the outliers: They approved of Trump’s response by a margin of about 2-to-1.
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Some – the #NeverTrump crowd that includes Sens.
He and other congressional leaders “represent a separate but equal branch of government”, Ryan said as he vowed to “robustly defend the separation of powers”.
Trump’s biting words for Republican leaders appeared to be a response to the deluge of criticism Trump has faced in recent weeks over his comments that a federal judge was biased against him because of his Mexican heritage and, most recently, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s rebuke of Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration.
“I’ve said before, these lone actors or small cells of terrorists are very hard to detect and very hard to prevent”.
Trump urged his supporters not to harm the disruptors, saying: “We even have to love our protesters”.
“Let me tell you, folks, we have tremendous support – tremendous support”, Trump told thousands of backers at a hotel-convention center complex in a suburb of Houston. Not to mention, in that position, by current rule, delegates have to vote for the person who won – and that’s Mr. Trump.
State GOP Chairman Susan Hutchison said Minor is incorrect and that Washington’s delegates are indeed bound by the results of the May 24 primary, in which Trump won 75 percent of the Republican vote. “I’ll ride that horse”, said Trump. “I’m going to be myself and speak up in defense of our principles, in defense of not just our party’s principles, but our country’s principles”, Ryan said, citing liberty, self-determination and the Bill of Rights. The last thing I want to do is lead our party to cutting ourselves in half to have a schism that basically all but guarantees Hillary Clinton walks into the White House and we have another democratic presidency.
Trump said that the United States should be more aggressive in its surveillance of domestic Muslim populations.
“I won nearly 14 million votes, which is by far more votes than any candidate in the history of the Republican primaries”, Trump said.
The House speaker also made a point to offer the last question in his press conference to the Washington Post, which Trump banned earlier this week from officially covering his campaign.
“They’re failing to put the public first and it is wrong – and when I say that leaders today are weak, I’m actually complimenting them in my mind”. “I think each of us has different roles to play”.
Most Republicans are merely holding out on one hope or another.
One way to do that would be to survey the delegates and find out who is willing the go with someone else in a second ballot.
For Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC, the last straw was Trump’s comment that a federal judge can’t be impartial – in essence, can’t do his job – simply because of his family’s Mexican heritage.
When asked if he just was getting a bit exhausted of constantly having to answer for Trump, Ryan smiled. It’s possible that lots of Republican voters really care about having a candidate who spews ugly slurs, but it’s also possible that plenty of Republicans would move on quickly.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a vulnerable Republican facing a tough re-election battle in New Hampshire, has gotten pretty good at one important part – walking briskly past reporters and pretending not to hear anything.
The raw, boisterous Donald Trump who stormed to victory in the Republican primary season has been seen more frequently in the days since a gunman killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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An Ayotte press aide later returned and offered up a prepared statement from the senator condemning Trump’s remarks Monday.
