“All of a sudden when it’s not their nominee of choice, they don’t want to get behind and unite, but we as delegates we are here for the people”, Schindlbeck said. “Private healthcare for veterans would be an expensive disaster, and no one should be fooled into believing otherwise”.
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She continued, “We saw that in the terrorist attack in Orlando-it was one month ago today-that was a targeted attack on the LGBT community for simply living in freedom as who they are”.
The goal there is to craft a document that reflects who we are as Republicans.
Mendoza, who is running for IL comptroller, said she came to denounce Trump’s “message of hate”. An Associated Press count shows that Trump has 1,543 delegates ready to back his nomination – more than the 1,273 he needs to officially clinch the top slot.
The group told repoters and fellow committee members they had the support of 37 delegates Tuesday night, but the effort began to unravel shortly thereafter.
But although some of the “Dump Trump” coalition seems prepared to do battle, they still don’t have an alternative candidate to Donald Trump (though the leader of Delegates Unbound seems to be rather coy about the size of her army).
Perry Hooper, Jr is the Trump Campaign Chairman for Alabama. Trump and Pence had met one-on-one before a fundraiser earlier in the evening – and Ryan had lavished praise on Pence prior to CNN’s town hall.
These are important planks because conservatives who might feel unsure about the nominee will be reassured by the 2016 platform. So I think that is the difference there.
The speaker didn’t use the comeback that “all lives matter” – and even denounced it – when a questioner asked for his take on the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Our whole nation is in mourning and will be for a very long time, yet we’ve also see increasing threats against our police and a substantial rise in number of officers killed in the line of duty”, he said. Paul pressed on the importance of all Republicans, particularly those who made a pledge, supporting the nominee.
It reads like an affirmation of the U.S. Constitution and affirms the values that I think most Georgians heartily agree with: protecting the right to life for the unborn, confirming our unabridged Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, with respect to everyone, confirming the religious liberties of people of faith. So I will just be very clear about that. Trump has since tapped him to lead the presidential transition, a massive hiring-and-organization challenge that would be required if Trump defeats his likely Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, on Election Day. The House of Representatives is a branch of government that is closest to the people.
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In a reference to the opening left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death and the possibility of other openings in the near future, Ryan said that “the next person on the Supreme Court will shape this court probably for a generation”.
