Meanwhile, Trump’s comments on Curiel have prompted criticism from U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who described them as “the textbook definition of a racist comment”, and former GOP presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, among other Republicans. He told the Wall Street Journal that Curiel’s Mexican heritage presented an “absolute conflict” given that the mogul wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. I can’t say the same for Trump, and the thought that a man this nakedly authoritarian and self-centered could be President should terrify all of us. Neither Mr. McConnell nor Mr. Ryan, nor most of his other leading supporters, have disavowed him, essentially saying Mr. Trump’s racism is just a minor flaw they’re willing to look past.
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“I don’t think we’re out of the danger zone in terms of him making statements that will come back to hurt Republicans”, Flake said.
Curiel is a Mexican-American who was born in the United States.
“The people are exhausted of this political correctness when things are said that are totally fine”, he said during an interlude in a day of exceptional stress in the Trump campaign. “From every angle, Donald Trump is unworthy of the presidency”.
“I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial”, Trump said Tuesday in a lengthy statement.
Trump was surprisingly quiet on Twitter Thursday night following Warren’s speech, finally responding over 12 hours later with: “Pocahontas is at it again!” You’re not supposed to be as plainspoken as Trump was when he complained about the judge who approved the release of documents suggesting that Trump University was a scam.
As for Martinez, the nation’s first Hispanic female governor has remained noncommittal as to whether she will support Trump in November, a stance that has been ridiculed by national Democratic groups. Warren said McConnell and Ryan are trying to create a judiciary that represents the interests of billionaires, not the majority of Americans.
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But Mead, a Republican, says he still supports Trump for president over presumptive Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. The idea also received a boost Wednesday from conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, who urged Republicans to “get together and let the convention decide”. ‘I think we’ll raise $1 billion’. Her name has been floated as a potential vice presidential running mate for Clinton by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and others. The move to an expensive, national general election campaign, however, requires a far bigger operation, so the Trump campaign signed a joint-fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee last month.
