In a speech on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, the Massachusetts Democrat attacked Trump and Republican leaders of Congress, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and House Speaker Paul Ryan. But with few exceptions, those condemning Trump’s remarks still plan to support the presumptive GOP presidential nominee in November.
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Trump has said Judge Gonzalo Curiel has a conflict of interest in the case since he is Mexican-American and Trump plans to build a wall along the southern USA border.
The Kentucky Republican has been an outspoken critic of Trump’s over the past several days, calling comments he made about an Indiana-born federal judge’s Mexican heritage “totally inappropriate”.
Earlier Thursday, Warren went on the offensive against Trump during a speech in Washington at the American Constitution Society of Law and Policy’s 2016 convention, roasting him as a “loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud”.
The latest research from YouGov shows that only 20% of Americans think that Donald Trump was right to complain that Judge Gonzalo had a “conflict of interest” because of his Mexican ancestry. I am supporting Donald Trump.
“You shame yourself and you shame this great country”, Warren said.
“Paul Ryan condemned Trump’s campaign for its attacks on Judge Curiel’s integrity”.
Jeremy Johnson, associate professor of political science at Carroll College in Helena, said most Republican lawmakers in Congress take their cues from leadership about whom to support.
“He is the one who needs to start acting more presidential and articulate more clearly what a Trump presidency would look like”, Collins said on CNN. “Donald Trump chose racism as his weapon, but his aim is exactly the same as the rest of the Republicans”.
“Do they want Donald Trump to make that appointment?”
“There is an ugly side to Donald Trump, and we have to make she he doesn’t come within shouting distance of the White House”, Warren said.
Trump has come under fire for many comments since he launched his presidential campaign almost a year ago. “They just want Donald to quit being so vulgar and obvious about it”, the MA senator will say.
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Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt warned listeners Wednesday that Trump would lead to “Waterloo” level losses for the Republican Party as he read off his summary of the morning headlines, the Los Angeles Times reported.
