That’s an area where members of Congress could help Trump with if they choose to campaign for him, or tap their private networks on his behalf.
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But Trump went off message when he took the stage in Cincinnati Wednesday night as he could not resist defending himself from the slights of the “lying”, “dishonest” media.
While Trump won Florida’s GOP presidential primary handily, Rubio carried Miami-Dade County by a large margin. “And in that context he said something to Sasse, like ‘Surely you don’t want Clinton'”. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said that “this election remains a dumpster fire”.
“Not only will I stand up for Article One”, Trump enthusiastically stated, according to the member in the room. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).
Flores, a Texan who heads the Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative grouping in Congress, had criticized Trump, including for having questioned a US judge’s motives because of his Mexican ethnicity.
At a conference a year ago, Trump minimized McCain’s experience as a former prisoner of war held captive for 5 1/2 years at North Vietnam’s “Hanoi Hilton” prison after the Navy plane he was piloting got shot down.
Emerging from the Thursday morning meeting, Price said Trump talked about repealing the health care law, reducing regulatory burdens, tax reform and getting the Supreme Court to “be one that is more reflective of the values of the country”.
The presumptive Republican nominee predicted Flake would lose his reelection bid, to which Flake shot back that he’s not on the ballot until 2018.
Trump won grassroots support during months of state-by-state nominating contests with a pledge to ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States and to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, who has said he will vote for Trump but hasn’t endorsed him, was more tentative. Flake then urged Trump to stop attacking Mexicans, according to the report.
“I am not saying it’s Newt”, Trump said of the VP search.
“We haven’t seen a personality like his too much in the Midwest”. Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully. “Our bullies are made of better stuff in IL”. Comey was summoned by House Republicans who are irate over his recommendation against criminal charges for Clinton’s classified email handling. Dozens of protesters awaited him, shouting slogans and waving signs that said Trump was “Dangerous, Divisive, Deceitful”.
Donald Trump has arrived on Capitol Hill for his meeting with congressional Republicans. Yes, appeasing dissenters risks further destabilizing the Republican Party.
Rep. Peter King, R-New York, said Trump took the time to give a lengthy answer to Hardy’s question.
“It wasn’t a deposition, it was more like a family reunion where you don’t know all your cousins”, said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee. “But things like the Saddam Hussein comment are not helping me get there”, Kinzinger said. “So that was helpful to me”.
Trump also continues to defend his praise for Hussein, the Iraqi dictator whom he described as having been effective at killing terrorists.
“Speaker Ryan talked about how important it was to elect Donald Trump our next president”, said Rep. Chris Collins of NY.
As we mentioned earlier, several House Republicans came up with excuses to be absent from a get-together with Trump – where he made an embarrassing gaffe related to the Constitution. He said he would not support either Trump or the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.
“I think it was the normal stream of consciousness that’s long on hyperbole and short on facts”, said Sanford, who dismissed the alternative – Clinton. Many saw the symbol as a Star of David and condemned the tweet as anti-Semitic. Trump argues the star in his tweet was a regular star that a sheriff might use.
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