The most intense nominating fight in generations, featuring the strongest and largest GOP field in history ended at 8:58 p.m. Tuesday as RNC Chairman Reince Priebus declared Donald Trump the party’s presumptive nominee.
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It is an utterly fantastical backfire that hurts the two Republicans trying to enact a positive change to the country: John Kasich and Ted Cruz, who dropped out of the race this week because he didn’t feel he had the support to continue.
Trump dug in. Hours after Ryan’s announcement, Trump declared in a statement that “I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan’s agenda”.
It’s a sobering reality for many state Republicans who were among the leading national voices opposing Trump’s presidential bid but now must acknowledge he will be their party’s nominee in November.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Ryan said he wants Trump to unify “all wings of the Republican Party and the conservative movement” and then run a campaign that will allow Americans to “have something that they’re proud to support and proud to be a part of”. But the presumptive Republican presidential nominee did admit that it caught him by surprise.
“We totally recognize and take seriously that the dumpster fire that’s shaping up at the top of the ballot could definitely direct some more resources toward these Senate races with an eye toward keeping the majority, and I think our recognition of that has actually been borne to bear with how well have done on fundraising”, said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee press secretary Lauren Passalacqua.
Katie McGinty, the Democrat running against Sen. Ryan has invited Trump for a meeting next week.
Walter says Trump’s vice president choice might sway him. McConnell’s stance is likely to send a signal to those Republicans.
Art Pope, a former Marco Rubio donor and ally of the heavy-spending Koch brothers, said he would not be supporting Trump and would be spending elsewhere.
Mr Ryan, who has spoken out about Mr Trump’s proposal to introduce a temporary ban on Muslims entering the USA and the businessman’s refusal to disavow the support for a former Ku Klux Klan leader, said he hoped the party’s presidential nominee “aspires to be Lincoln and Reaganesque” and was someone who “appeals to a vast majority of Americans”. As co-chair of the party’s upcoming convention, he has held fast to a stance of neutrality in the race, while criticizing Trump when candidate’s rhetoric – in his words – was “unacceptable” or “disfigured” conservative principles.
“At this point there is not a major party candidate who has earned my vote”, Steineke said.
Meanwhile, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney continued with his anti-Trump drive.
“I’ll set up a committee”, Trump told the Times.
“Paul Ryan is the single most effective tool and person to maintain control of the Senate and the House”, said Zwick, who attended a Detroit-area fundraiser with Ryan on Wednesday.
As Donald Trump assumes the mantle of presumptive nominee, what happens to all those so-called “never Trump” Republicans?
Even so, there seems to be plenty of Republican voters who believe their greatest motivator is someone wearing different political stripes.
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Taking center stage in the days ahead will be the divide between Trump and Ryan. “We’re going to figure out what the Trump campaign needs and can’t do by itself”, Rollins told callers. “It’s pretty clear Donald Trump doesn’t represent where most Minnesotans are”.
