While Obama has always been critical of Trump, his blistering condemnation Tuesday was a notable escalation of his involvement in the presidential race. “And I know last time, there were – you had precincts where there was practically nobody voting for the Republican”. He added that he has been hearing “more and more” that the election may not be contested fairly, though he did not elaborate further.
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Obama has endorsed his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president. She had established a clear lead in delegates by March 1. And then we’ll compete four years from now to try to win an election. “I don’t think anybody would take that seriously”.
The statement could be an effort by Trump to lay the groundwork of an excuse if he goes on to lose the general election. He is not running for reelection this November. In an affront to his party’s top elected official, Trump told The Washington Post he wasn’t “quite there yet” on an endorsement for Ryan in his primary next week. Republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan have meanwhile said Clinton’s handling of her e-mail as secretary of state, described as “extremely careless” by Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, should disqualify her from receiving classified briefings.
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event on July 28, 2016 in Davenport, Iowa. “I just think that he is doing a lot of damage to the folks who are entitled to be seen as American”.
“My advice to Donald Trump has been and will continue to be to focus on jobs and national security and stop responding to every criticism whether it’s from a grieving family or Hillary Clinton”, Blunt said in a statement.
Khizr Khan criticised Mr Trump’s call for a temporary ban on Muslims coming to the United States and challenged whether he had read the Constitution.
A Donald Trump aide came under fire for blaming President Barack Obama for the death of Humayun Khan, even though the Muslim-American soldier died in 2004. “I said nice things about the son and I feel that very strongly, but of course, I was hit very hard from the stage and you know it’s just one of those things but no, I don’t regret anything”. Obama questioned whether Trump would “observe basic decency” as president, argued he lacks elementary knowledge about domestic and worldwide affairs and condemned his disparagement of an American Muslim couple whose son was killed while serving the U.S. Army in Iraq.
Obama last week addressed the Democratic convention in Philadelphia and painted this election as a choice not between a Democrat and Republican, but a Democrat and a demagogue who threatens democracy.
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“My religion or my family or my culture never stopped me saying whatever I want to say”, Mrs. Khan said on CNN. “We honor him and his family. we cherish his family”.
