‘I said so last week and he keeps on proving it’. “There has to come a point at which you say, ‘Enough.’ The alternative is that the entire Republican Party effectively endorses and validates the positions being articulated by Mr. Trump”.
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Bradshaw, who called Trump “a total narcissist, a misogynist, a bigot”, said the way he responded to Khan strengthened her convictions that he is not fit to be president. Khizr Khan, Humayun’s father, criticized Trump at the Democratic convention, questioning whether Trump had read the Constitution and charging that the NY real-estate developer had sacrificed little.
The two-term president said his opposition to Trump replacing him at this point goes beyond policy differences, and he did not have these concerns about his 2008 and 2012 opponents, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
“Hillary voted for the Iraq war”, Trump tweeted, “not me!” “Trump this is unacceptable and we have to condemn what you said, ‘” Ellison said. If Trump were to lose in November and publicly declare that the election results were bogus, he would break with general election tradition, yielding unpredictable reactions from his supporters and fellow Republicans. I have worked to elect Republicans to national and statewide offices for the last 30 years.
“While our party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”, he added.
Obama said that people have legitimate fears about the impact of globalization and being “left behind” but the answer can not be to back away from trade and the global economy. “I think they knew what they were doing when they asked that family to speak at the convention”.
In the Post interview, Trump also declined to support the re-election of Arizona Sen.
For months, Trump warned that the Democratic primary system was “rigged” against Sanders, but on Monday, he stoked distrust about the larger election. As I wrote in Going Red, “Republicans have won every gubernatorial election since 1998 …” For what it’s worth, the GOP leadership has made it plain that they object to Trump’s attacks on the Khans, but their range of options has been limited, thanks to voters who chose Trump by a wide plurality over several other candidates, including Jeb. “I have to be honest”, he told a rally in Columbus, Ohio.
The departure from the Republican Party of a Bush loyalist – Bradshaw began her career working for George H.W. Bush’s 1988 campaign – is the latest sign of an influential and respected member of the GOP establishment turning against Trump.
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Clinton on Monday welcomed the endorsement of American billionaire and investment pioneer Warren Buffett, who joined her onstage in Omaha, Nebraska to berate Trump for not releasing his tax returns because he is being audited. “He’s afraid because of you”.
