It’s been a rough week for Trump following his controversial comments about the Gold Star parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq.
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He spoke for almost an hour Monday in Columbus, but did not mention his criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Muslims whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004.
Trump’s challenger, Hillary Clinton, received a bump in the polls after last week’s Democratic National Convention and is now beating Trump nationally.
Mr Trump struck back by questioning whether Mrs Khan had been allowed to speak.
Trump was in a complaining mood on Monday, summoning reporters unexpectedly to a hallway before he went on stage. Please see our terms of service for more information.
She said she had been considering the move for the past several months. “He lost, he lost”, Trump said. “They represent the very best of our country”.
He not only confirmed he has received only Dollars 19,000 in fundraising for his campaign from the hedge fund industry against USD 48.5 million for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but he also unveiled figures that proved popular enthusiasm for his election.
Critics accused him of trying to deflect attention away from a struggling White House campaign. Trump is expected to lose big in the heavily Democratic Chicago area, but if he attracts new Republican voters in rural and downstate regions, it could make a difference in state politics. Marco Rubio’s, have said they’re open to joint appearances with Trump.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said Trump’s comments “are not in line with my own beliefs about how the members of the military and their families should be treated”. “It doesn’t matter if you get your jobs back”, Trump said to loud cheers and applause.
Sure, it’s only August, and the trench warfare for the presidency traditionally doesn’t even begin until after Labor Day, but this time – as has been said ad nauseam – is different.
In his first central Pennsylvania stop after formally becoming the Republican nominee, Donald Trump gave midstate supporters a dose of his greatest hits. “I’m freaked out that this is even going on”. Nor did he mention them at a Monday night rally in Mechanicsburg, Pa. “We have thousands of people next door”.
Trump argued that Bernie Sanders made a deal with the devil, explicitly saying “she’s the devil”. “The campaign handled all the ticketing and more tickets were issued than the space available”, she said. She asked Pence, the governor of IN, during a town hall at Carson City Casino IN Nevada about Trump’s treatment of the Khans.
Pence asked the Nevada crowd to quiet down, then said about the questioner: “That’s what freedom looks like”. “We honor him and his family. we cherish his family”.
Trump’s former state director in Iowa, Chuck Laudner, a highly respected operative in the state, has been replaced by Eric Branstad, the son of Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Iowa). He added that he has been hearing “more and more” that the election may not be contested fairly, though he did not elaborate further.
After his loss to Texas senator Ted Cruz, Trump had asserted that the primaries were rigged, as reported by the Independent. And I hope the Republicans are watching closely, or it’s going to be taken away from us.
It’s not been immediately clear to what extent the Trump campaign organization has a foothold in this corner of OH or around the state.
During a gathering with some of the nation’s most powerful Republican donors Sunday, the 80-year-old conservative also dismissed as “a blood libel” any suggestion he might support Clinton. Experts said that demographics explain not only how it was possible, but probable.
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McConnell, Ryan and company need those voters, who make up a reliable Republican voting bloc. They risk alienating them by flatly rejecting Trump. “The son was a hero, but we have a lot of heroes”.
In another development, American billionaire businessman Warren Buffett challenged Mr Trump to release his tax returns. On Monday, Trump was adamant that he knew what he was talking about – and that the blame for Crimea’s annexation should be laid squarely at the feet of President Barack Obama.
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He said Mr Trump was “afraid”, not of the IRS, but of voters.
