“Even if he purports to be a member of my party”, Obama said.
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Ryan and Republican Senate Majority Leader McConnell have offered support to the Khans, but no Republican leaders have withdrawn their support for Trump as the party’s presidential pick.
“Had they won, I would have been disappointed, but I would have said to all Americans, this is our president”, he said.
Trump during the primary repeatedly slammed the “rigged system” he claimed was working against his campaign to capture the Republican nomination for president.
Most Republicans who have expressed doubts or outright revulsion at Trump – including senators Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and House members like Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., and Barbara Comstock, R-Va. – have also said they can not support Hillary Clinton.
Obama said that people have legitimate fears about the impact of globalization and being “left behind” but the answer can not be to back away from trade and the global economy. “The answer is to make sure that globalization and trade is working for us and not against us”, Obama told joint news conference after talks with Lee in the Oval Office.
“If in fact Russian Federation engaged in this activity, it’s just one on a long list of issues that me and Mr. Putin talk about”, Obama said.
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President Barack Obama called out prominent Republicans for continuing to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “As I said in my speech last week, I don’t think that represents the views of a whole lot of Republicans out there”.
Khizr Khan brought the crowd to their feet at the Democratic Convention.
Mr Trump then sparked outrage by implying Mr Khan’s wife, Ghazala, did not speak while standing alongside her husband because she was forbidden to as a Muslim woman.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is among Republicans making a point of not campaigning with Donald Trump.
Trump has fallen slightly behind Clinton in recent polls since each party held their nominating conventions last month.
Now, he’s sparring with an American Muslim family whose son was killed in Iraq.
For most politicians, tangling with a bereaved military family would be out of bounds. But the businessman can quickly be drawn back in by an interview, especially if he believes he’s already answered a question, or if he grows irritated by commentary on cable television.
While rallying his supporters in Pennsylvania, Mr Trump said of Mr Sanders: “He made a deal with the devil”.
Writing in the Syracuse Post-Standard, GOP Rep. Richard Hanna said it’s not enough to denounce Trump’s comments. He also questioned whether Trump had ever read the Constitution.
Trump continued his attack on the Democratic nominee, calling her “Crooked Hillary”, which prompted chants of “lock her up” from the crowd.
Obama praised former Republican presidents, as well as McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, both of whom he ran against and beat for the presidency. And with the general election campaign now squarely underway, the firestorm over Trump’s attacks on the Khan family is likely just a taste of trials to come as Republicans negotiate how closely to align with their volatile nominee.
Criticism from Trump’s own party came swiftly, including in a lengthy statement from Arizona Sen.
His presidential campaign has appealed to Capitol Hill for support amid the controversy over the Khans, including circulating talking points for lawmakers to use, but has found little support. Or the countless other insults he’s proudly lobbed from behind the Republican presidential podium.
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Trump’s son, Eric Trump, told CBS News on Tuesday that his father’s comments toward the Khans have been “blown hugely out of proportion”.
