Pressed by a reporter on how he can support Trump in spite of his “textbook” racist comments, Ryan said, “I don’t know what’s in his heart but I think that comment itself is defined that way”.
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“I have concluded that Donald Trump has not demonstrated the temperament necessary to assume the greatest office in the world”, Kirk said. Nearly every person I know who is going through a divorce and involved in a child-custody cases feels that way. Most others, including Ryan, reaffirmed their plans to support him, but the situation exposed the peril for Republicans with the volatile and unpredictable Trump as their standard-bearer.
Plus, Speaker Ryan discussed the new policy initiative to tackle poverty that was unveiled today by House Republicans.
Trump repeatedly has said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel is “Mexican”, and, as such, unfit to rule in a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the now-defunct Trump University, because Trump plans to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border if he’s elected president.
Trump finally got the message that his comments about Judge Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” were not helping him.
“I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial”, Trump said in a lengthy statement that repeated his claims that students at Trump University, far from being fleeced as some claim and as evidence suggests, were overwhelmingly satisfied. “I think it’s inexcusable”, Gingrich said.
On Sunday Mr Trump also said it was possible a Muslim judge might be similarly biased against him because of his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country. I think they’re wrong.
The flap comes as Republicans are struggling to close ranks behind Trump, and complicates those efforts.
Trump says his comments on Curiel were misconstrued.
“The people asking the questions”, Trump said, in a Monday conference call reported by the Hill, “those are the racists”.
Chris Christie on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of joining Donald Trump’s ticket as his running mate, just minutes after announcing he had voted for the presumptive Republican nominee. “Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). “‘Are you 1/32nd Jewish?’ ‘Are you 1/16th black?’ ‘Are you 1/8th Mexican?’ I mean, what standard is this? “If you have this many cameras and microphones in front of you… and if you’re not a pre-programmed, robotic politician, you’re going to make statements you wish you could take back”.
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“That’s up to Hillary Clinton”, said Christie, who sought the GOP nomination himself before backing Trump.
