“Republicans constantly liken President Obama and his policies to segregationists or to slavery, and cast themselves as the heirs to the civil-rights movement”.
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It’s exceedingly improbable, but not completely farfetched: Dismayed Republicans could still dump Donald Trump and find a different presidential nominee at their national convention next month.
Consider McConnell. While working the media circuit to promote his new memoir, McConnell was asked about Trump’s comment about the judge. Mark Kirk of IL became the first vulnerable Republican senator to abandon support for the real estate mogul and several hours after Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said Trump’s attack on the judge was “the textbook definition of a racist comment”.
Information from the Associated Press is included in this story.
Those numbers add up to one word: victor.
Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump kicked off what is shaping up to be a bitter five-month general election battle after the Democrat became the first woman to lead a major political party in its quest to capture the United States presidency. Senate control, and less likely the House, are at also stake in November’s election.
“There’s no reason to raise that”, Trump said.
In his Tuesday victory speech, Trump vowed that his presidency will take care of “our African-American people”. “And he certainly hasn’t shown any signs that he’s going to”. But Trump quickly told his next interviewer Gingrich’s criticism was “inappropriate” – and so Gingrich raced into the next news cycle so he could unsay his harsh words. They cannot show up, they can rewrite the rules …
The Illinois senator had previously said he “certainly would” support Trump if he’s the GOP nominee, and suggested the NY real estate developer could help bring more supporters to the polls.
They know exactly what they are saying. “The change needed would be, while obviously extremely significant, simple to accomplish”. “Well, we believe we should lift each other up, not tear each other down”.
Graham, who once compared choosing between Trump and Cruz to “being shot or poisoned”, has said he’ll support neither the billionaire businessman nor presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election. Ryan later called the comments “indefensible” but did not rescind his endorsement. Its membership of about 300 consists of conservatives, liberals, Republicans, Democrats and Latinos and non-Latinos alike, according to the statement.
Speaking to supporters at the golf club he owns in the hilly suburbs of NY later on Tuesday, Trump laid out his vision for the meaning of his campaign slogan “America First”, talking about its implications for trade, energy, financial regulation and tax policies. Does Trump plan to pivot from such things and start focusing on what resonates with most voters?
Indeed, the electoral math is daunting for Republicans even without Trump.
But many say Trump has the delegates needed to prevail.
“It’s just not going to happen”, said Randy Evans, a GOP national committeeman from Georgia.
Mook charged Mr Trump with a history of “erratic behavior”, the same language leveled by the Obama campaign in its defeat of Republican nominee John McCain in 2008.
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“Trump’s repeated accusations of Judge (Gonzalo) Curiel display an utter lack of understanding for the role we play as attorneys and judges sworn to follow the law and uphold the constitution”, said Luis Osuna, president of SDLRLA in a statement released jointly with Tom Homann LGBT Law Association and Justicia Criminal Defense Lawyers.
