In his place: the raw, vintage Trump that stormed to victory in those elections to claim his place as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
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As he did Monday, Trump claimed Clinton’s immigration policies would open the floodgates to jihadis, pointing to her plan to increase the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the country by 550 per cent over President Barack Obama’s plan. “I think that should be absolutely disavowed”. “There’s certainly reasons to be skeptical about Trump and LGBT issues, but given his statements.and his actions, there is every indication to believe that Mr. Trump would do no harm on LGBT equality and might actually advance LGBT equality under his presidency”. “I will make you proud of your party and our movement, and that’s what it is, is a movement”. “I think the smarter way to go in all respects is to have (a) security test, and not a religious test”.
Some Republicans are distancing themselves completely, like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who said Wednesday he wouldn’t back Trump.
The remarkably high negative ratings of both major-party candidates make Trump and Clinton the least liked presumptive nominees since 1984, according to Politico, meaning that Americans will not be voting as much for getting their preferred candidates into office, but rather for keeping the other candidate out of the White House.
“This is a war with radical Islam”.
“We need one prominent Trump supporter to speak out and renege”, one source said. “When I’m representing the United States, I wouldn’t do that”.
In a filing Wednesday with U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego, lawyers for the media coalition said Fox was joining the consortium supporting the drive to remove confidential designations on parts of Trump’s testimony. “We have to have our Republicans either stick together or let me just do it by myself”.
“I think he’s going to have a strong campaign, and I think we’re going to see more and more people move toward him”, Sessions said.
Ryan’s attempt to distance himself from Trump underscores the distinction between the GOP candidate’s style of campaigning and the establishment he’s attempting to upend.
Clinton called for increasing the US -led air assault on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and pointedly blamed American partners in the Middle East – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar – for not stopping terror funding emanating from their countries.
Notably, in March, Trump boasted, “I’m going to get along great with Congress. Paul Ryan, I don’t know him well, but I’m sure I’m going to get along great with him”.
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Finally, Milbank wants “rigorous use of real-time fact-checking”, which basically means pointing out quickly what Trump gets wrong.
