“Trump is promising “profound relief” and “simplified” taxes for the middle class”, an end to excessive regulation, and infrastructure projects that will create millions of jobs, according to the excerpts.
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The GOP vice presidential nominee stepped up in an electric atmosphere in the Quicken Loans Arena shortly after Texas Sen.
The campaign manager for Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign joined in the battle over the Texas senator’s comments last night, saying Trump advocate Chris Christie has been neutered by Donald Trump, reports Buzzfeed.
He presented Trump as the quintessential political outsider more in tune with an American electorate seeking change than Clinton, a career politician who has deep ties to the Washington establishment. The breakfast ended up being a dramatic, tense affair as Cruz vigorously defended his speech the night before and sought to placate constituents pressing him – often angrily – over his refusal to back Trump.
Cruz’s speech was another stumble at a convention marked by several missteps, including a speech by Trump’s wife, Melania, that included lines similar to those in a 2008 Democratic convention speech by President Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle. Trump’s son Eric Trump, on CBS’ “This Morning”, labeled it “classless”.
Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, will introduce the candidate.
The Texas Senator came in second with 475 delegates in the Republican presidential race.
A source familiar with the campaign inner circle’s thinking but not authorized to speak publicly said Trump, his relatives and closest advisers were angry at Cruz’s move and had expected, while not an endorsement, a warmer embrace of the nominee and less showmanship from the senator. “It just wouldn’t go away any other way, until it was lanced”.
But will Trump stick to the script? “Trump! Trump! Trump!” Arizonans shot back. “Republicans, Democrats and independents who helped build North Atlantic Treaty Organisation into the most successful military alliance in history would all come to the same conclusion: Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit and fundamentally ill-prepared to be our commander in chief”. And Trump’s own exposition of his foreign policy views was rattling allies at home and overseas.
As president, Trump said he would defend allies against Russian aggression only after first ensuring they had met their financial commitments. “That is the standard we should expect, from everybody”.
“Yeah, I disagree totally with what he said about NATO”, McConnell said.
Pence is the governor of IN and this week became Donald Trump’s running mate.
It was an honor to speak to the delegates at the Republican National Convention.
Cruz is already positioning himself to run again for the White House in 2020 and discouraged supporters from casting a vote for him this fall.
Interrupted by chants of “Trump, Trump, Trump”, Cruz paused and said with a smile, “I appreciate the enthusiasm of the NY delegation”. It was a surreal moment given how carefully scripted political conventions normally are, and served as a fresh reminder that Trump events rarely go by the rules. When Sen. Ted Cruz urged the audience to simply vote its conscience in November, the site erupted in loud boos and scattered applause.
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Loughery doesn’t believe Cruz’s speech will hurt the Trump Pence ticket.
