“The reality is, Donald Trump is just being more candid about the agenda of discrimination House Republicans have been advancing for years”, Pelosi said in a statement.
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The group is already on the air nationally with an ad that launched Tuesday blasting “Trump University”. He’s playing the American public for suckers: “He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat”, Romney will say, referring to a real estate seminar Trump launched in 2005 that was forced to change its name because it wasn’t a real university. It is now the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging fraudulent behavior. And then he listed what he said are your personal qualities. Romney concluded, “A business genius he is not”.
Previewing her line of attack against Trump, Packer said: “This guy isn’t a conservative. But a Trump nomination enables her victory”.
After months of shrugging off Trump’s candidacy, Republicans are now grappling with the distinct possibility that he may be their party’s nominee to take on the Democrats, likely led by Hillary Clinton, in the November 8 presidential election.
“You’ve got a con man and a bully who is moving forward with great speed to grab the party’s mantle to be its standard bearer”, the Republican, who backs Rubio, told the AP. We hope voters in remaining primaries – including California’s – will support others and carry the race to the convention in Cleveland.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said there will be a frenzy among Republicans to stop Trump from winning the nomination.
Will Romney’s blunt words have any impact?
Twitter users posted about Romney roughly 38 times per second following the speech, according to Zoomph, the social media analytics firm.
Upon hearing about Romney’s comments, the former host of “The Apprentice” appeared on Thursday morning’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC.
But it wasn’t always so contentious between these two wealthy Republican businessmen. Trump also said that Romney begged for his support four years ago and would have “dropped to his knees” to get it. He did not call on Republicans to unify behind a single Trump alternative, but outlined a plan to divide the electorate and force a contested national convention in July.
Romney went on criticize Trump’s policy proposals, calling them “flimsy, at best”, and claimed that he would drive up the economic deficit, lead the nation into a recession, and trigger a trade war. Even now, polls show a hefty number of Trump supporters believe the president, a Protestant, is a Muslim.
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Santelli also said Romney is a good example of why moderates are rejected: they talk a good game but they deliver zero. Regarding Trump’s foreign policy acumen, Romney stated flatly, “When it comes to foreign policy, (Trump) is very, very not smart”.
