And new swing state poll numbers from NBC, The Wall Street Journal and Marist show Trump lagging behind Clinton in four crucial swing states: Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia.
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A draft of the letter, obtained by various USA news organizations, warns that the Republican presidential candidate’s “divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide”.
Trump issued the warning on Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor”, in response to a question about Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus reportedly threatening to pull back party funds and reallocate them to other races.
Donald Trump’s campaign and top Republican Party officials plan what one person called a “come to Jesus” meeting on Friday in Orlando to discuss the Republican nominee’s struggling campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the scheduled sit-down.
Listing the Senate races in New Hampshire, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, and in as “very competitive”, he said that Senate Republicans will need to be “on defense” in the upcoming election.
The Republican presidential nominee is straying from his signature bravado as he campaigns in the battleground state of Florida, even telling a gathering of evangelical ministers Thursday he’s “having a tremendous problem in Utah”. “He’s going to put us back to work again, put more money in people’s pockets”.
Time reported that Priebus told Trump his title is not chairman of the Trump campaign but rather chairman of the RNC.
“Our government is for sale by a crooked person and what they’re doing is they’re trying to not talk about her”, Trump commented on the recent emails revealing a relationship between Clinton’s State Department and The Clinton Foundation and how the media hasn’t covered it in detail.
The letter was being circulated Thursday as Trump repeated his false assertion that President Barack Obama founded the terrorist group ISIS and declared that he’s not going to change his campaign style or tactics.
“I think the American people expect a certain level of seriousness about the most important job in the country”, McConnell said.
Last week 70 Republicans wrote a letter urging the RNC to stop helping Trump and to focus instead on candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
She said those balking at his missteps were being “too sensitive” – a luxury the nation can’t afford with growing security threats.
Trump remains a controversial candidate in Israel.
Pence nonetheless defended Trump’s comments by saying Obama and Hillary Clinton’s policies led to the jihadist group’s rise.
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There aren’t any foreign leaders who cringe at the thought of her becoming president as many do about Trump.
