Calling the Republican presidential nominee a “dishonest demagogue” in a New York Times interview, Whitman said she would throw her weight behind Clinton’s campaign, offering a substantial contribution and her services as a fundraiser.
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Hanna said Trump’s comments attacking the Muslim parents of a soldier killed in Iraq were what pushed him over the line.
A quarter of Trump supporters reported they have some or a lot of close friends who support Clinton, compared with 31 percent who said they have zero close friends who support her.
The uproar has led many Republicans to distance themselves from Mr. Trump and voice support for the Khan family.
“So the truth is, I tell people, ‘You have no choice but to vote for me, I’m sorry, ‘ ” Trump said.
Whitman is the second of Christie’s former campaign staff who have declared their support for Clinton in the last 24 hours.
Trump has been widely criticized, including by many Republicans, for denouncing the Khans, who are Muslim-Americans. “But these people were perverted and they think it’s another location”, Trump said as he launched into another exercise in lambasting the press.
Clinton’s pitch is aimed at cutting into Trump’s support among white working class voters drawn to his anti-trade, anti-illegal immigration message.
Secretary Clinton won the convention battle. But the source also noted that if the billionaire did quit before September 1, it would be theoretically possible for the GOP to come up with a nominee who could get on the ballot in enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
“It was Hillary Clinton that – she should get an award from them as the founder of ISIS”.
We’ve just updated the interactive comparison between Clinton and Trump that we published last month. Ryan has backed Trump despite deep differences on policy and temperament, and has encouraged other Republicans to unite behind the party’s nominee.
“The Republican Party, at that point, will have been eaten away by the parasites”, Reyes told Roll Call.
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Influential Republican allies of Donald Trump are trying to arrange an “intervention” – what amounts to a strategic review – with the GOP presidential nominee in a bid to convince the candidate to change up his approach after a rocky few days, Fox News has learned. He threatened to “maybe” launch political action committees against Senator Ted Cruz, who refused to endorse Trump at the Republican convention, and Ohio Governor John Kasich, a former rival who has also not backed Trump.
