Still, the former secretary of state received 3.7 million more votes than Sanders nationwide and had established a clear lead in delegates by March 1.
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“We are extremely proud of our 69% growth in small dollar donations which shows the broad based support of over one million donors across America”.
“I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest”, the Republican nominee told a town hall crowd in Columbus, Ohio on Monday.
Trump complained that Khizr Khan was “viciously attacking” him by appearing on stage at last week’s Democratic National Convention. “Of course, he’s tried to bridge the party together with Paul Ryan, but Ryan is also running against somebody who’s not going to win but nonetheless, he’s a strong supporter of Mr. Trump’s”. His Democratic opponent repeatedly compares him to Trump.
The episode risked doing real damage to Trump, who has faced few repercussions for rewriting the rules of appropriate conduct by a presidential candidate. And Sullivan has said he supports the Republican nominee.
Donald Trump is openly taunting the leaders of his own party by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Sen. House Republican Richard Hanna of NY said it was “not enough to simply denounce his (Trump’s) comments”, and said he would support former Secretary of State Clinton instead.
Apparently alluding to controversial comments by Trump, Pence said, “sometimes things don’t always come out like you mean”.
Kevin Graves, a political conservative whose son was killed while serving in Iraq 10 years ago, said he appreciated the Khans’ sacrifice to their country but added that Gold Star parents such as himself shouldn’t be considered immune to criticism if they choose to take public political stances.
“I never expect to agree with whoever is President, but at a minimum the President needs to consistently display those qualities I have preached to my two children: kindness, honesty, dignity, compassion and respect”, EFE news quoted Hanna as saying in the op-ed piece. That earlier move was widely interpreted as Republicans writing off Johnson’s chances against Democrat Russ Feingold, who has led in polls.
Top Jeb Bush advisor Sally Bradshaw said she is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent. She said she is still too grief-stricken by her son’s death.
At the same time, more often this statement was supported by the US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton backers (60%), than by supporters of the Republican candidate Donald Trump (33%). “It’s not easy to jump in all of a sudden after the nominee has already been picked”.
“Statistically you are more likely to be hit by lightning than to commit in-person voter fraud”, he said.
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Trump made the claim after first suggesting that the Democrats had fixed their primary system so Hillary Clinton could defeat Bernie Sanders.
