The break by Representative Richard Hanna of NY followed days of uproar over Trump’s criticism of the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army officer killed in the Iraq war, which has fueled a fresh round of Republican rebukes of the NY businessman.
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Wisconsin businessman Paul Nehlen, who is challenging Ryan in next week’s primary in Wisconsin, had posted material on his campaign website accusing Ryan of misrepresenting Trump’s proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the country and defending him in the dispute with the Khans.
Clinton extended her lead over Trump to eight percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, from six points on Friday.
In an op-ed for syracuse.com, Hanna said that Republican nominee Donald Trump is “flawed in many ways” and says Trump is “unrepentant in all things”.
“For me, it is not enough to simply denounce his comments: He is unfit to serve our party and can not lead this country”, Hanna wrote in the letter posted on syracuse.com, the website of the Post-Standard newspaper in NY.
The Republican nominee had implied that Ghazala Khan, mother of Capt. Humayun Khan, stood silently alongside her husband at the Democratic National Convention because her Muslim religion restricted her from speaking.
Obama continues: “I think the question they have to ask themselves is: If you are repeatedly having to say, in very strong terms, that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him?”
“We come out of the Democratic National Convention with our party united and our supporters energized for the final 98 days of this campaign”, campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement, according to Politico. But Bradshaw and Comella are among a group of top Republican operatives, messengers, national committee members and donors who continue to decry Trump’s tactics, highlighting nearly daily – with fewer than 100 days before the election – the fissures created by the billionaire and his takeover of the party.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was “quite furious” with Trump’s handling of the Khan situation and his failure to endorse Ryan comments, a Republican source told Reuters.
While the state is Republican overall, President Barack Obama won a vote here in 2008 in the more liberal district where Clinton appeared Monday, which includes Omaha and the suburbs. I will be hopeful and resolute in my belief that being a good American who loves his country is far more important than parties or winning and losing.
Clinton has been focusing on improving her online fundraising, and the campaign says it saw its best 24-hour period in that area last week as she accepted the nomination.
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Trump’s son, Eric Trump, told CBS News on Tuesday his father’s comments toward the Khans have been “blown hugely out of proportion”.
Republican U.S. Presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a Purple Heart given to him during a campaign event at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., August 2, 2016.
Dent added that he was not shocked by Hanna’s break with the party, although he said he himself has no plans to support Clinton.
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But those polled did not necessarily agree that it was a positive convention. Apple CEO Tim Cook also announced a fundraiser for the Clinton Campaign later this month.
