Also, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he’s “just not ready” to support Trump, becoming the highest elected Republican official to raise concerns about Trump since he became the party’s likely standard-bearer this week.
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President Obama is asking Republican voters to take a closer look at proposals floated by Donald Trump, who he says is now “the standard bearer” of the GOP.
“We want to have a great ticket”, Trump said, adding that “the Democrats have been in there for a long time”.
The goal is “to begin a discussion about the kind of Republican principles and ideas that can win the support of the American people this November”, said a statement from Ryan’s political office.
“I will support the Republican nominee no matter who he or she is”, Bush told CNN in February when asked about Trump.
“I’m really struggling with that”, said Sue Larimer, another former Cruz supporter. Ryan also plans to meet separately with Trump and Priebus.
“They didn’t know how to deal with him”, Clinton said.
That effort was hardly helped by the rejection – for now – by Mr Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman who was Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012.
Bob Dole endorsed Donald Trump for president on Friday, becoming the only former Republican presidential nominee to do so. “We will get most of the delegates and we will, in just another week, close the door on other candidates getting to 1,237 before the convention”, the memo said.
CNN’s Dana Bash described the Ryan interview as a “seismic event”. Taking public money would dramatically limit how much he can spend this fall. Another mouthpiece of conservative interests – Green Bay talk radio host Jerry Bader says he’s upset that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has called for the party to unite around Trump.
He said Thursday he would be “putting up substantial money toward the general election”, following the 36 million dollars in loans he previously made. “Donald Trump’s candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded”.
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“Last August, I stood on the stage in Cleveland and said I would support the nominee”.
