Donald Trump has formally endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan, after a damaging four day stand-off between them.
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Party divisions were easy to find Friday in Wisconsin, a state that Trump’s team insists he can win in November.
Trump also endorsed two other leading Republican federal lawmakers, U.S. Sens.
During a rally in Iowa, he branded her a “pathological” liar for her contortions about her emails, and said the former secretary of state is “close to unhinged”. John McCain of Arizona and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, both of whom are running for re-election.
Less than an hour before the rally, Ryan had spoken to a Milwaukee radio station, where he said that he still supported the nominee, but that Trump needs to do better at picking his battles: “I wish he would be a little more disciplined”.
“You have to be on the offense, you’ve got to be warriors today, not only to preserve the Republic, but also to protect our borders, overseas, but yet with Obamacare and all the other things that you can list…”
“Working hand-in-hand, we will grow our majority in the House and in the Senate”.
But now, Trump is reading pre-written notes on how much he likes and respects Ryan, McCain and Ayotte.
“What I say to him privately and what I’ve said publicly is Hillary Clinton is the one to focus on, not another Republican, not a private citizen criticizing you”.
Coulter joked that Donald Trump “choked out” his endorsement of Ryan at a rally in Green Bay Friday. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos offered a blunt message ahead of the presidential nominee’s arrival: “We are Ryan Republicans here in Wisconsin, not Trump Republicans”. The tycoon told The Washington Post in an interview earlier this week that he was “just not quite there yet” when it came to backing the House Speaker – echoing the rhetoric used by Mr Ryan in relation to the party’s presidential nominee. “She is such a weak candidate that one would think we’d be on offense against Hillary Clinton, and it is distressing that that’s not what we’re talking about these days”. Shes actually not strong enough to be president..
Trump called his Democratic opponent a risky liar, an unbalanced person, pretty close to unhinged, totally unfit to lead and lacking the judgment, temperament and moral character to lead the country..
The charges came soon after Clinton addressed her own political vulnerabilities while facing a group of minority journalists in Washington.
“We must rise above their dirty tactics and prove that only the Republican Party is offering the ideas and solutions that can truly fix America”, he said.
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She also acknowledged many people don’t trust her. “We’re going to do a lot of wonderful things”, he added. The latest flashpoint: Trump’s attacks on the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.
