Ryan himself said he hasn’t spoken to Trump since the GOP convention, has no plans to, and has no idea whether their differences are going to persevere through the campaign.
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Trump said he fully supported and endorsed McCain as well as Ayotte, both of whom he hesitated to endorse earlier in the week.
Trump’s endorsement of Ryan came hours after state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, penned a scathing column in which he said he was embarrassed to have the NY real estate mogul at the top of their ticket in the 2016 election. “I’m not quite there yet”, Trump said.
Wisconsin is one of the swing states that Trump is hoping to win in November, after losing to Ted Cruz there in the April 5 primary.
Ryan has criticized Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the USA and said it was racist for him to suggest that a judge’s Mexican ancestry made it impossible for him to be impartial in a civil fraud suit against Trump.
A poll out Friday by the Reimington Research Group shows Ryan crushing GOP rival Paul Nehlan 80 to 14 percent in Tuesday’s congressional primary. Trump said this week he was not ready to endorse Ryan.
Snopes: Trump did not recently say that he’d drop out if polls showing he’s losing to Hillary Clinton. He flashed two thumbs up and a smile as he made the formal endorsement.
The New York businessman also announced that he is now backing New Hampshire Sen.
This article has been updated to include Trump’s endorsements. There are no women on the team.
Describing the United States as mired in debt, Trump repeated his inaccurate assertion that America is “one of the highest taxed nations in the world”. “He’s a longtime friend, he’s a strong conservative leader”.
At a time when critics charge that Trump lacks the temperament needed for a commander in chief, he also alleged that Clinton was “unbalanced” and “pretty close to unhinged”. Pence responded: “What I’ve learned, Matthew, and you’ll learn it when you’re governor of North Carolina …” But he declined to say what might make him rescind his support.
“If you don’t like me, that’s okay. Vote for Pence because it’s the same thing”, Trump said.
In Iowa, he blamed the “dishonest” media for the fuss over an incident earlier in the week in which he asked a screaming baby to leave a rally.
Trump told the crowd of more than 1,000 people that crime is getting worse, and ME should know because “it’s a major destination for Somali refugees”.
And she did what she has rarely done during the presidential campaign: take questions from reporters.
Meanwhile Friday, Clinton was once again explaining her emails, and blamed herself for inconsistencies during an interview about what FBI Director James Comey said, and what she told the American people.
Kingston also argued Clinton would waste her time trying to flip Georgia blue.
Republicans have repeatedly charged that Clinton endangered national security with her handling of classified material.
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The email controversy has fuelled a perception among a majority of voters that Clinton is untrustworthy.
