“He feels like a fool”, a Republican source familiar with the situation said of Priebus.
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Whitman is a major figure in the Republican Party and ran as the GOP gubernatorial candidate in California before being defeated by Gov.
Trump said he “did well in the good times in Atlantic City, but then times started going very bad”.
Trump, who has said his business success qualifies him to lead the country, defended his record running his hotel and casino business in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Trump has criticized Khizr Khan and Ghazala Khan since they took the stage at last week’s Democratic convention.
Republican Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that his White House campaign was unified, even as he faced a strong backlash from some in his party over his insistent criticism of the family of a dead American soldier.
In a message to the AP, he joined the many Republicans who called on Trump to apologize to the family of the late Capt. Humayun Khan, a suggestion the billionaire has rejected to date.
In the Post interview, Trump also declined to support McCain’s re-election and dismissed New Hampshire Sen. Said Ryan’s campaign spokesman Zack Roday, “Neither Speaker Ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trump’s endorsement”. I want to thank everyone for your tremendous support. The party chairman has already been speaking with campaign chairman Paul Manafort and the candidate’s grown children, who are said to agree that he needs to stop picking fights within his own party.
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. “We are organized. We are moving forward”, Manafort said.
“This would be the end of any other Republican candidate in the history of the country”. On Monday, he fired Ed Brookover, a senior adviser hired as a liaison between the campaign and the RNC.
Trump also accused Obama and Clinton of sending America’s “best jobs overseas to appease their global interests”.
A CNN/ORC poll this week showed Clinton with a 9-point edge in a head-to-head matchup with Trump.
On Tuesday, Meg Whitman, a prominent Republican fundraiser and former Hewlett-Packard executive said she would back Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s $80 million includes approximately $64 million raised through digital and direct mail operations, the campaign says. Altogether, the Trump campaign and affiliated joint fundraising committees took in around $80 million last month, the campaign reported Wednesday, plus $2 million from Trump himself.
Ryan and Republican Senate Majority Leader McConnell have offered support to the Khans, but no Republican leaders have withdrawn their support for Trump as the party’s presidential pick. His plans have included the ban on Muslims, building a wall along the Mexican border to keep out illegal immigrants and renegotiating trade agreements.
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She told the Times that Mr Trump is a “dishonest demagogue” and that electing him to the White House would lead the United States “on a very unsafe journey”. Thirty-three percent of voters – 35% of Trump supporters and 31% of Clinton supporters – described themselves as “pretty outspoken” about their support.
