Donald Trump didn’t pull any punches while attacking Lindsey Graham in a lengthy statement Friday, after the SC senator and former 2016 GOP presidential hopeful announced that he wouldn’t be supporting his party’s presumptive nominee. I don’t believe that Donald Trump has the temperament and judgment to be commander in chief.
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He also said Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is an “untrustworthy liberal politician” and so, “In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels”.
“Perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the American people”, he said.The Republican National Committee, under pressure to unify the party or face an electoral rout in the November 8 election, said Ryan and Trump were expected to meet soon.
Graham also added his name to a growing list of prominent Republicans who say they will not attend the GOP’s national convention this summer, where it is all but certain Trump will be officially chosen as the Republican party’s nominee for president.
Trump also has been sparring from afar with House Speaker Paul Ryan, who on Thursday said he’s not ready at this point to support Trump.
“I fully understand why Lindsey Graham can not support me”, Trump wrote. He added that Ryan’s move gives vulnerable Republicans badly needed cover as they contemplate Trump’s impact on their elections this fall. Trump said. “With millions of people coming into the party, obviously I’m saying the right thing”. “He can’t represent the people of SC well”.
Mr Trump, who once said Mr Ryan would “pay a big price” if he did not support him, knows that the Speaker and other opponents did not have great sway over primary voters. “Every time I see Lindsey Graham spew hate during interviews I ask why the media never questions how I single-handedly destroyed his hapless run for President”.
“There’s no doubt there is a debate that’s taking place inside the Republican Party about who they are and what they represent”, Obama said.
“I told Reince that I thought it was totally inappropriate what Paul Ryan said and thought it was good for me politically”, Trump said in a statement early Friday afternoon ahead of a political rally in Nebraska.
“I mean, he talks about unity, but what is this about unity?”
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Graham said that in the voting booth he would either not cast a ballot for president or write in the name of someone besides Trump or Clinton. John McCain for being captured during the Vietnam War and for accusing President George W. Bush of lying about the Iraq War. But he explained that he believes Trump is “more likely to do conservative things” than Clinton. And I hope to, though, and I want to.
