She joins Richard Hanna who yesterday became the first Republican Congressman to publicly announce his support for Clinton.
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Trump also tweeted thanks at Nehlen “for your kind words” on Monday.
An email request for comment from the Ryan campaign was not immediately returned Wednesday morning. I’m doing very well in New Hampshire.
Highlighting the turmoil in the Middle East under Obama, Trump allies have said, was the candidate’s intent when he criticized the parents of a slain US solider who spoke about their son last week at the Democratic National Convention.
Their party in crisis, Republicans’ frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as party leaders on Capitol Hill and inside New York’s Trump Tower scrambled to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale.
For Republicans, renouncing Trump might not yield much benefit beyond ensuring more headlines connecting them to Trump, something most want to avoid.
Nehlen’s campaign has the largest concentration of former Trump campaigners.
Trump’s campaign Wednesday announced the results of his July fundraising ahead of the August 20 deadline to report the numbers to the Federal Election Commission. “Hillary Clinton, she’s going to be the “you’re hired” President”.
“I like Paul, but these are terrible times for our country”, Trump said in the interview. “I’m pleased to do it”, he said during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday.
Pence said Trump “strongly encouraged” him to endorse Ryan, who faces a primary next week, and he said Trump’s campaign was coming together.
“Speaker Ryan’s repeated betrayal of Donald Trump is an act of sabotage against our party, an act of sabotage against our Republican electorate, who selected Mr. Trump as our nominee”, Nehlen said. The soldier’s father had criticised Trump at last week’s Democratic convention. “He’s irremediable”, said Republican strategist Rick Tyler, who previously worked for Texas Sen. Changing the issue from “supporting Trump” to “agreeing with Obama” turns what might have been relatively harmless with GOP voters who backed Cruz or other Trump rivals into a real risk.
Walker, Ryan and U.S. Sen.
Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence.
“I think at some point, all the artillery and all the focus needs to be on the battlefield aimed toward our enemy”, Carney said.
Late on Tuesday, Meg Whitman, a prominent Republican fundraiser and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, endorsed Clinton’s White House bid, calling Trump an “authoritarian character” and a threat to democracy. “He can not. His principles and Donald Trump’s candidacy are simply not compatible”.
He’s also continuing to invest his own money, contributing $2 million last month.
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Manafort dismissed reports of a so-called intervention by Priebus, Gingrich and Giuliani. We need very, very strong leadership.
