After House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sought to distance themselves from their party’s standard-bearer, Trump issued a statement Tuesday stepping back from his criticism of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel.
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In his book “The Long Game”, McConnell underscores his support for civil rights, saying he withdrew his support for Republican Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election because of the Arizona senator’s opposition to the Civil Rights Act.
Warren’s speech also took aim at Trump directly over his suggestion that Indiana-born US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel can not fairly preside over lawsuits against Trump University because of his Mexican heritage.
The U.S. -born Pena, who served in the Bill Clinton administration as secretary of energy and transportation, called for a public apology “for expressing sentiments that we had discarded decades ago”.
On Tuesday, Ryan said Trump is still better than the Democrats’ likely nominee – Hillary Clinton.
“I am not going to defend these kind of comments because they are indefensible”, Ryan said. “We’re all anxious to hear what he may say next”. Warren will talk about the nomination process that’s left President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in limbo and will attack those who are “tearing down our centuries-old process for appointing judges”. Now, I say why? “History will remember everything you say and history will remember the banner under which you said it”.
Trump has called the Indiana-born judge of Mexican heritage a “hater” and “a Mexican”, claiming Curiel is biased against him because of his proposal to build a border wall.
Trump’s pitch came on one of the toughest days of his unpredictable campaign, as top Republican leaders and donors denounced as racist and troubling his comments about a federal judge’s ethnicity.
Trump tried to quell some of the outrage on Tuesday, releasing a statement saying his past remarks had been misconstrued, and Trump avoided the topic all together during a speech he gave later that evening. On the GOP side, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, will ride in on a white horse and be their knight in shining armor. “However, given my unique circumstances as nominee of the Republican Party and the core issues of my campaign that focus on illegal immigration, jobs and unfair trade, I have concerns as to my ability to receive a fair trial”.
They just want Donald to quit being so vulgar and obvious about it. Donald Trump chose racism as his weapon, but his aim is exactly the same as the rest of the Republicans.
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Last week, Haley said she wished Trump communicated differently because bad things result from divisive rhetoric, as evidenced by last June’s Charleston massacre.
