Trump, who will receive the GOP nomination later this week, has vowed to make NY competitive despite trailing in the polls and the state having half as many Republicans as Democrats in the state.
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“Over the last eight years, we have seen (the President Obama) administration refuse to hold her accountable for her dismal record as secretary of state”, Christie said.
Trump appeared Monday night to introduce his wife, quickly stepping aside to let her speak. “My opponent may have a different view, but there’s nowhere I’d rather be than right here with all of you”.
The Post takes a closer look at the numbers and finds that Trump leads Clinton (67 percent to 25 percent) among voters who think both of the two major candidates are qualified to serve as president. At Trump’s highest point at the beginning of June – after he emerged as the presumptive Republican nominee – he was at 43% while Clinton was at 57%.
But her speech was quickly overtaken by charges that it included two passages- each 30 words or longer – that matched a 2008 Democratic convention address by Michelle Obama almost word-for-word. He led efforts to successfully tamp down a rebellion on the convention floor Monday, though the campaign still had to contend with angry outbursts from anti-Trump delegates.
Clinton pounced on the tumult, saying the Republican gathering had so far been “surreal”, comparing it to the classic fantasy film “Wizard of Oz”.
Trump’s campaign offered no apologies, with top adviser Paul Manafort telling The Associated Press the matter had been “totally blown out of proportion”.
Still, the plagiarism controversy and other unforced errors by the campaign cast a shadow over the convention and raised fresh questions about Trump’s oversight of his campaign, which gives voters a window into how a candidate might handle the pressures of the presidency.
“We can not make the chief law enforcement officer of the United States someone who has risked America’s secrets and lied about this to Congress and the American people”, he said. Ryan also has been critical of the rhetoric Trump has used during the campaign.
But the roll call also showed the divisions in the party, with the District of Columbia delegation’s stated votes for Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio Governor John Kasich wiped out and replace by votes for Trump under the rules.
Kasich has refused to attend the convention while giving interviews continuing to slam Trump’s rhetoric.
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Dissident Kendall Unruh said she realized it became too late in the process to mount a successful challenge to Trump and put another name in contention. “How could she do this to any American family?”
