“I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and I will never ever let you down”, Trump said, speaking from the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York. “Just remember this: I’m going to be your champion”.
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Fitzpatrick issued a 12-word response: “I completely disagree with Donald Trump’s recent comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel”.
Due to what I believe are unfair and mistaken rulings in this case and the Judge’s reported associations with certain professional organizations, questions were raised regarding the Obama appointed Judge’s impartiality.
Sen. David Johnson, from heavily Republican northwest Iowa, told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that “somebody had to make a statement”. A further 20.9 percent said they would not vote for either candidate. Ryan, too, said he would still support Trump. “I hope this isn’t the pattern that’s going to occur between now and November”, said Corker, who only days ago was the subject of speculation that he would be Trump’s running mate. Charles Grassley, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – for condemning the comments about Curiel but not withdrawing their support for Trump. His disavowal in the wake of Trump’s comments about the judge – the first of any leading Republican – followed the debut of a hard-hitting, multimillion-dollar television ad from Clinton allies. I will make you proud of your party and our movement.
“I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world”, Sen.
Asked how he could back Trump while criticizing his comments, Toomey said the alternative – presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton – “is unacceptable”.
“I issued a statement on it and a tweet and I don’t have anything more to add”, McCain said tersely.
“I, right now, think the Republican Party is in crisis, and I don’t know what’s going to come out of this”, the former “Face the Nation” host said on CBSN. (Curiel was born in Indiana.) But even as they distanced themselves, most GOP leaders also said they would support Trump.
“That man (Curiel) is an American, born in the USA, a judge who has earned that position”, was all Rubio could manage to say. “I think if he can draw enough Sanders supporters, he has a real shot at this election”.
Unified rank-and-file: Advantage Trump: Our May NBC/WSJ poll showed that rank-and-file Republicans have rallied around Trump a bit faster (88%-6%) than rank-and-file Democrats around Clinton (83%-9%), which is not surprising given the ongoing Dem contest back then. He told the New York Times, “There’ll come a time when the love of country will trump hatred of Hillary”. I’ve known him for 14 years. What you see is what you get.
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Many in the GOP establishment talked of Trump becoming more presidential as he turned away from the primary, but the past week has made that look less likely.
