Following two days of meetings at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, the GOP platform now will head to the full Republican National Convention next Monday for approval. On the other hand, Trumps campaign is taking it easy to avoid a situation where their nomination is derailed or nasty media spectacle ensues and a vote is lost in the process.
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Hodgson said Trump “espouses views that are antithetical to American values of freedom and democracy” and is dividing the country along race and class lines. If pissing off American Muslims; eliminating our best source of domestic intelligence (Muslim ministers); and believing that a beauty pageant in Russian Federation makes him proficient in global affairs then Trump might keep us safer.
Donald TrumpDonald TrumpFive things to watch for in latest campaign fundraising reports GOP platform gets Trump-ified Mexican official: Integration with USA “must continue” MORE is putting his stamp on the official policy platform of the Republican Party. “I guess this guy, the money guy, who spent $6 million on this thing … if that in fact is true, that guy just did way more harm to his cause than if he had not done that”.
Trump is in the city for a fundraising lunch.
Trump, who claims strong support from the gay community, has invited transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner to use whichever bathroom in Trump Tower she’d like. While the Speaker would rather focus on the veep-stakes than his own issues with his party’s candidate, others are being blunt.
Dump Trump advocates say they have at least 400 delegate supporters but won’t provide more detail.
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During Ingraham’s interview with Paul, the senator made an attempt to draw some hope from a seemingly dismal election, stating some of Trump’s positions could reach out to the Republican base enough to defeat Hillary Clinton in November. “I feel we have very little respect for law enforcement with the current administration”.
She said polling shows young voters, including those who lean Republican, are in favor of gay rights. Since then, the party’s presumptive nominee has also vowed to have Mexico foot the bill for the wall he plans to erect if he is elected. Bernie Sanders threw his support behind Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire.
The move could also force a potentially messy floor debate on national television as Republicans try to defend all the elements of the lengthy platform, including provisions like one passed Monday declaring internet porn a “public health crisis” and the anti-LGBT language. It includes a proposal to break up big banks, a $15 an hour minimum wage and the decriminalization of marijuana.
OH state law does not regulate the carrying of guns, meaning that entrants to the convention’s 1.7 square mile secure zone are prohibited from bringing, among other things, weapons like swords, hatchets, axes, slingshots, BB guns, pellet guns and metal knuckles, but will be allowed to openly hold live firearms. The governor announced Tuesday morning he will form a commission to change the way that IL funds public education.
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Trump’s promise to build a wall to keep people from illegally crossing into the USA has been one of the primary drivers of his insurgent campaign and a flashpoint for controversy.
