“So I haven’t given up hope, but certainly last week was not a good week for Donald Trump”.
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“I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and I will never ever let you down”, Trump said.
Either way, Hewitt’s warning isn’t really telling the establishment anything they didn’t already know.
He’s right. For party leaders who’ve lined up with Trump amid polling that suggested he was running surprisingly competitively against Democrat Hillary Clinton, the time is rapidly approaching to either hop off the Trump train or decide you are riding it all the way to November 8.
Warren’s ardent base of liberal supporters includes many who also backed Vermont Sen.
With Clinton poised to make history as the first woman nominee for president of a major US party, Republicans rounded on Trump in public for questioning the bedrock of American democracy – an impartial judiciary.
Speaking to the New York Times, Senator Graham said, “This is the most un-American thing from a politician since Joe McCarthy”. “He needs to apologize to the judge and the American people”. Fair enough: Trump’s performance in the primaries surprised everyone, no doubt including Donald himself, and deserves to be celebrated.
Warren’s speech also took aim at Trump directly over his suggestion that Indiana-born US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel can not fairly preside over lawsuits against Trump University because of his Mexican heritage.
Many Republicans didn’t see it that way, and the desire of his party to unify behind him looked at risk of unraveling.
The progressive senator, set to speak to the American Constitution Society, will charge Trump and top Republicans – including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – with attempting to delegitimize the judiciary in order to favor “the rich and powerful”, according to a preview of Warren’s remarks.
Trump made a similar claim about Curiel’s affiliations during an interview with CNN “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper.
TRUMP: No. I don’t think so at all.
But McConnell added he would not consider abandoning his past endorsement of Trump’s campaign. “No, I do not”, Ryan said.
Kirk suffered a stroke in 2012 and often uses a wheelchair.
And Trump on Thursday will host members of his and the RNC’s finance team as well as top donors for a luncheon at the Four Seasons in NY, one person who was invited told CNN. It reminded voters in battleground states that Trump had mocked a disabled reporter. He’s out of line. You don’t attack a federal judge, and you certainly don’t attack him on the heritage of his parents. I’m building a wall.
Trump told Bloomberg News that he doesn’t need to raise $1 billion because he can rely on a lot of free media coverage his campaign receives. “No, I do not”, Ryan said.
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Buchanan proceeded to bring up Obama’s criticisms of Citizens United and other “attacks” by presidents on judicial independence. Are they the kind of people we want in positions of power and authority? “It’s giving some of the donors heartburn, for sure”, she said. But he was unaware the association was releasing the statement accusing Trump of “abject impropriety” in attacking Curiel, its president, Luis Osuna, said Wednesday.
