“Officially that won’t happen until the middle of July and so for me that’s kind of the time frame that, in particular, I want to make sure he renounces what he says – at least in regards to this judge”, Walker told the station. “It’s giving some of the donors heartburn, for sure”, she said.
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While the Democrats and Republicans will not formally name their respective nominees until their July party conventions, there is no doubt the presidential race has begun and if day one is anything to go by, there will be no easy road to the White House.
Mr Ryan appeared to end a standoff with Mr Trump last week by belatedly offering the presumptive nominee his endorsement, and said yesterday that he would not rescind that support. This is the first major controversy Trump has gotten himself into since he effectively clinched the Republican nomination.
The real estate mogul also said today that he defends his previous comments about Curiel’s heritage, saying that the questions he was asking were fair. “Hillary Clinton turned the state department into her personal hedge fund”.
“If Republicans believe that a man who believes in religious and ethnic tests for federal judges is fit to be president of the United States, they must explain why this is an acceptable position”, said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
“He always had opinions which he freely expressed”, she said.
“I don’t believe Trump is basically a racist”, Alabama Sen.
Trump has 1,290 delegates.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who has been sucking up to Trump since he announced his candidacy last summer, indignantly demanded Paul Ryan refuse to keep his endorsement of Trump unless an apology is made.
“Your reputation will be based as much on your legal ethics and civility as your work ethic and work product”, he said, according to a transcript of the speech. He’s also tried to re-ignite past scandals that dogged Bill Clinton’s administration, including his impeachment trial and the Whitewater land deal in his native Arkansas. She won support, especially among older voters, with a more pragmatic campaign focused on building on the policies of fellow Democrat Obama. Another influence, GOP consultant Roger Stone, is known for peddling conspiracy theories about the Clintons.
“I will continue to disagree with him when he makes statements like he did about the judge”, Ayotte said, while noting she planned to vote for him in the fall.
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While Clinton said it was probably too late to cancel the Rio de Janeiro Games, as some public health officials have urged, she described the situation as “deeply distressing”. As Republican strategist Scott Reed remembered: “The country had just gone through some very hard times financially and people were upset with the government and I think McCain’s view was ‘I’ve got to run this my way'”. “This is not just about Rio and the Olympics, this is about a potential outbreak and epidemic”. The 10th District was the only one in the commonwealth included in a recent anti-Trump ad buy from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
