U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump has ratcheted up tensions in his Republican Party by denying leading figures support in their re-election bids, while his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton won her first endorsement from a Republican lawmaker.
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Whitman ended her statement endorsing Clinton by calling on all Republicans to follow her, saying: “I urge all Republicans to reject Donald Trump this November”.
Whitman’s endorsement shows that Clinton has been reaching out to major GOP figures who are disillusioned by Trump.
Another post-DNC poll, the CNN/ORC International survey which was conducted over the weekend, shows Clinton surpassing Trump by 9 points, 52 percent to 43 percent. The poll had a credibility interval of 3 percentage points.
Similar to Clinton’s plan, Trump said his administration would sell infrastructure bonds to finance the projects.
Whitman’s comments came as Trump has clashed with members of his own party over a protracted dispute with the family of a Muslim US soldier who was killed in action.
While Whitman says there are issues on which she and Clinton disagree, it’s time to “put country first before party”.
In addition, we’ve added a link to our coverage in June of what candidates from other parties, such as the Green Party and Libertarian Party, have said about education, as well as any policy record they have. Trump has said he himself was “viciously attacked” by the Khans, who appeared at last week’s Democratic convention and challenged the Republican’s fitness to be commander in chief.
Whitman is the latest in a string of Silicon Valley bosses to speak out against Trump after over 100 industry leaders pledged support to Clinton in an open letter last month published on NewCo Shift.
Trump added that he hopes that his plan, combined with his tax proposals, could help the US exceed four percent economic growth on an annual basis. “That is the opinion of many prominent Republicans”.
The second phrase that makes red lights go off is that Mr. Trump insists he is the “law and order” candidate.
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The poll also shows that thirty-one percent have a positive opinion of Trump, which is nearly the same as before the Republican convention and 52 percent think of him negatively.
