So the question must be asked of Reince Priebus, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders who have refused to leave Trump’s side: Have you left no sense of decency? John McCain, her presumed opponent in the fall, is still backing Donald Trump.
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Trump’s stunning slap at two of the nation’s most prominent Republicans dramatically escalated GOP turmoil barely a week after a convention meant to promote party unity.
Few Ryan challengers over the years have raised that much money, but the 1st District incumbent’s war chest is far superior, with $14.89 million raised for this election, according to online Federal Election Commission data.
Kirkpatrick renewed her calls for McCain to stop supporting Trump during a campaign swing through Tucson on Tuesday.
Trump’s comments about the Khans, at one time suggesting that Khan’s wife, Ghazala, was perhaps not allowed to speak at the convention, has drawn outrage and condemnation, including from some Republican leaders. John McCain, R-Ariz, speaks during a Phoenix Memorial Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.
While Obama has always been critical of Trump, his blistering condemnation Tuesday was a notable escalation of his involvement in the presidential race.
Trump said he was given the Purple Heart by a veteran who told him, “I have confidence in you”.
“It’s just inappropriate for us in this context to be criticizing them and I’m not going to take part in that”.
“I like Paul, but these are awful times for our country”, Trump told The Washington Post.
“Like me, I think he’s also been very concerned about the incendiary statements plus the lack of solid policy”, coming from Trump, said Dent of his House colleague.
“We need loyal people in this country”, Trump added in the interview. Wisconsin’s Ryan faces a Republican primary challenge next Tuesday from businessman Paul Nehlon, whom Trump praised for running a “very good campaign”.
Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, scorned Trump’s 1995 move to list Trump hotels and casino resorts on the New York Stock Exchange, saying the business lost money for the next decade and that a monkey would have outperformed Trump’s company. Said Ryan’s campaign spokesman Zack Roday, “Neither Speaker Ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trump’s endorsement. And we are confident in a victory next week regardless”. Kelly Ayotte as weak. “I trust she can lead”, Hanna wrote. We need loyal people in this country.
Trump has had wide support from Republicans in Arizona, winning the state’s presidential preference race with 47 percent of the vote.
In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama castigated Donald Trump as “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to serve in the White House.
Khizr Khan spoke about his son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed by a auto bomb – while ordering other soldiers to keep back – in 2004 while serving in Iraq.
Yet it was not clear that, even as Trump found another line to cross and another political norm to defy, any Republicans would rescind their support.
Tensions were already running high between the two high-profile Republicans, who will have to work together closely should Trump win the presidency. Trump asked Monday during a campaign appearance in Pennsylvania.
Obama placed responsibility for Trump’s statements squarely on his fellow Republicans, many of whom denounced his statements on the slain soldier’s family but didn’t withdraw their support.
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“Of about 50 Democratic candidates for House, Senate and governors who were contacted, almost half said they’d want to hit the trail with their presidential nominee”, the website reported.
