(And there’ll be the added benefit of demonstrating on a national stage Facebook’s conservative bona fides after the “Trending Topics” bias controversy from earlier this year.) One thing is clear: The media campaigns of shame and opprobrium levied against Thiel since the news broke that he was a Trump supporter, and funding lawsuits against Gawker, have had – at best – no effect on Thiel’s willingness to assert his beliefs (weird how sustained public criticism didn’t have any effect on a man who thinks funding a floating island colony in worldwide waters is a worthwhile idea!). He also holds a strong pro-life stance (as evidenced by his 2013 Super Bowl ad), and Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, is nearly sure to nominate another pro-choice Supreme Court Justice if elected.
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“She was asked”, Trump told the Washington Examiner in an interview Thursday. The meeting also included potential Clinton running mates like Tim Kaine of Virginia, Elizabeth Warren of MA and Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
Staff said Thursday that McMorris Rodgers instead will attend a memorial service for a longtime friend and colleague in Olympia on Monday and campaign in her Eastern Washington district, where she faces four challengers in the August 2 state primary. The other finalist, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, was not included in the program obtained by the AP.
RNC officials told reporters the delays – at first until 10 a.m. then to 1 p.m. – were the result of a “broken printer” and “technical difficulties”.
Besides letting the delegates vote freely, proposals floating around include closing GOP primaries to independent voters, with whom Trump performed well, or making some changes that would not take effect until after this convention.
Yet both Trump and Cruz camps suggest that they are working together more than many believe.
He says, “We’ll find out what Donald Trump decides to do”.
The GOP’s two living presidents, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and its two most recent presidential nominees, John McCain and Mitt Romney, all plan to avoid the Cleveland affair – as does Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich.
Her onetime Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders was also at the lunch. He represented New Hampshire in the Senate from 1979 to 1990.
Clinton was scheduled to campaign in Virginia with Kaine later in the day.
Also, Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. House of Representatives speaker who is very close to Sheldon Adelson, the pro-Israel casino magnate who has pledged tens of millions of dollars to Trump’s campaign. “Clearly Mike is one of those”.
The Wisconsin Republican says he doesn’t know what Trump will do, and “I hope he makes a good pick and clearly that would be a good one”.
Donald Trump is expected to officially become the Republican candidate for president at the convention, which runs from Monday to Thursday, when myriad protest groups from around the country are expected to converge on Cleveland.
Tebow completed his message with a call for American unity, and there of course were several shout-outs to God, his main homey.
“She decided this was the best use of her time”, a spokesman said.
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– Rep. Mark Amodei will also be campaigning for re-election, traveling across his northern Nevada district and meeting with constituents and federal agencies, according to spokeswoman Logan Ramsey. Tim Kaine, a possible vice presidential pick.
