“We got to get back to the issues that matter to the public”.
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The Trump campaign has maintained that the image was not racially-motivated, asserting that the six-point star was meant to represent a sheriff’s badge. The image, which Trump later took down, showed the Democratic presidential candidate’s face next to a Star of David that read, “most corrupt candidate ever”.
But Mr Trump said the media is “dishonest” for comparing it to the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism.
When Trump hedged on denouncing support from white supremacists, Ryan denounced the candidate’s comments – but said he’ll support his party’s presidential nominee anyway. Both men have towering egos, are rank opportunists, and lie almost as often as they open their mouths, raising an interesting if terrifying image of the two men trying to co-exist during a Trump administration.
The Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
[The news] suggests that Trump has the ability to quickly inject large sums of money into his campaign coffers by tapping into the fervor of his supporters.
“For those who were outside today, and they felt a strong wind, that was the sigh of relief coming from Hillary Clinton and her campaign staff”, said Washburn Political Science professor Bob Beatty.
John Kasich declined on Tuesday to urge delegates at the Republican convention to cast their ballots for Donald Trump, instead urging them to follow their “consciences”.
Trump’s conduct also underlined his chaotic campaign strategy and failure to seize opportunities to put Clinton on the offensive.
Trump said he was not at all mad at his social media director, Dan Scavino, who posted the tweet. “It was lifted from an anti-Hillary Twitter user where countless images appear”, he wrote.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has spent nothing so far on advertising for the general election.
The Trump campaign refused to answer repeated questions over the weekend about where the campaign found the image or whether any of its staffers frequented the fringe message board or other sites that peddle in anti-Semitic and white supremacist views.
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“It’s as if someone told Trump he’s not allowed to be misogynistic anymore so he was like, ‘Fine, I guess I’ll call her a Jew, ‘” Noah said, adding that while some might let an incident like this blow over, Trump likes to turn “gaffes into gaffe-itunities”. “We corrected it. There was never any intention of anti-Semitism”. “He has a 30-year history of supporting the people of Israel”, said Lewandowsky.
