Trump’s presidential campaign has appealed to Capitol Hill for support amid the controversy, including circulating talking points for lawmakers to use, but has found little support.
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Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman said on Tuesday that she would “put country first before party”, vowing to contribute a “substantial” sum to Hillary Clinton’s campaign in order to keep Donald Trump from winning the presidential race. However, Hanna went one step further Tuesday, writing that although he has long-standing differences with Clinton, they agreed on core issues.
Clinton’s bump ranged from three points to nine points, depending on the poll.
“I found him profoundly offensive and narcissistic but as much as anything, a world-class panderer, anything but a leader”, Hanna wrote, describing him as “deeply flawed in endless ways”. “Is he really the guy you want to have the nuclear codes?”
A Republican member of Congress has announced that he plans to vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the presidential election this November.
The Khans spoke out against Trump and questioned his familiarity with the Constitution last week at the Democratic National Convention.
“If you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable, then why are you still endorsing him?” said Obama.
Mr Obama was speaking at a White House news conference with Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.
The President has spelt out a number of reasons why he believes Trump is woefully unprepared for the job.
“She’s the devil.” Mr Trump has faced a barrage of criticism following his comments about the Gold Star parents of a Pakistani-American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq.
“I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest”, EFE news quoted Trump as saying during a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio.
Trump made the claim after first suggesting that the Democrats had fixed their primary system so Hillary Clinton could defeat Bernie Sanders.
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Despite the DNC shakeup, however, it’s hard to imagine Clinton not enjoying this.
