That lead was 6.8 percent as of Friday, according to a Real Clear Politics polling average, giving Clinton a 47.3 percent to 40.5 percent lead over Republican Trump.
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In the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, Clinton’s lead over Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, down from almost 8 points on Monday.
Ryan’s team appeared unaware Friday afternoon about the imminent endorsement as early news reports that Trump was considering doing so began circulating.
Trump also read from his hostage script an endorsement of Sens.
During an interview with the Cedar Rapids Gazette before taking the stage at the Iowa Events Center, Trump said the 2016 general-election race is just in the beginning stages and talk of turmoil and interventions “put out by the mainstream media” has been “ridiculous”. “John McCain for his service to our country in uniform and in public office, and I fully support and endorse his re-election”, said Trump, before backing Ayotte.
Ryan, the top US elected Republican, had no plans to attend the Wisconsin event, a sign of lingering frictions between the pair, even though Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, did endorse him.
Paul Ryan said there could be something Donald Trump would do or say to lose the House speaker’s endorsement but that he didn’t know what that would be.
A new CBS News poll shows Clinton leading Trump by seven points after getting a four-point bump following her party’s convention.
Ryan is expected to win the challenge for his House seat in next week’s Republican primary, and he is viewed by many Republicans as a possible presidential candidate in the future.
Hillary Clinton on Friday doubled down on recent misleading statements about her use of a private email server at the State Department, even as she acknowledged that she “may have short-circuited” her answers about it.
“And we may disagree on a couple of things but mostly we agree and we’re going to get it done”, Trump added.
“I love babies”, he said. “What they are really saying is that Trump will have their support if he will just agree to listen to his handlers, stop speaking his true feelings, and stick to the teleprompter”.
Trump has refused to endorse Ryan and praised Nehlen, giving him a burst of attention before Tuesday’s primary.
Trump spoke for about an hour, during which he extended an olive branch to Republican leaders in Washington.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen.
Ryan, like other top Wisconsin Republicans, did not attend Trump’s evening appearance in their state.
But now with Sanders out of the equation completely, and with neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump even providing a faint hope of addressing issues directly relevant to young voters, third-party candidates like Jill Stein and Gary Johnson are beginning to reap the awards. We need very, very strong leadership.
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Pence drew loud cheers when he described Trump as a man who is “distinctly American – one “who never quits, who never backs down, who is a fighter and a winner” and has proved himself to be “a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers”.
