As Donald Trump’s campaign is plagued by controversy, including his refusal to endorse GOP chair Paul Ryan, and his rebuke of a fallen Muslim soldier, Trump addressed none of it Wednesday in Daytona Beach.
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Kooyenga comments came in response to Trump’s recent exchange with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of Humayun Khan, a U.S. Army soldier of Pakistani descent who died in combat in Iraq in 2004. He has suggested he would not order the US military to defend America’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies even if they were attacked.
The disapproval also cuts across other traditionally Republican-leaning groups, including college-educated whites (18% approve to 60% disapprove – 51% strongly) and even whites with no college degree (26%-46%).
Republican leaders’ frustration with Donald Trump mounted Wednesday following a series of startling statements from the GOP nominee, including his refusal to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan’s re-election.
“No offense, but I think I want a president who would remember meeting Vladimir Putin”, Meyers said.
“Just a little while ago I met with the Gold Star families, six families”, Trump said at a rally in Jacksonville.
Republican U.S. Presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign event at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio August 1, 2016. Right now, he added, “We have a foreign policy where our friends don’t trust us and our enemies aren’t afraid of us”. “But of course, I was hit very hard from the stage and you know it’s just one of those things but no, I don’t regret anything”.
It’s unclear how the presidential campaign will overlay the Senate race in Missouri.
Scott wouldn’t say whether Trump needed to apologize. John McCain of Arizona in their primary bids.
Khizr Khan spoke about his son’s sacrifice in his brief address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, July 28. “We need to thank those who commit the ultimate sacrifice, those who put on the uniform and defend this country and our ability to have elections, but I don’t think there will be anybody out there defending the statement that was made”.
Lesch, a National Guard lieutenant who has served in the Legislature for 14 years, said Trump’s disrespectful words “have no place in this country”. Trump wrote in his Twitter tantrum. “I’m not there right now”, Ryan said.
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In his CNN interview, Mr. Khan also demanded Trump return the Purple Heart a veteran so graciously gifted him at a rally this week.
